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...Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, passed by the House of Representatives last week, will initiate several of the Obama administration’s promised changes in higher education accessibility...
This year, just $3 million of the $145 million the admissions office will award in financial aid will come from Pell Grant subsidies. But According to Irons this percentage could change if the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act is passed...
...late surge could not have come at a more optimal time for the Crimson, which desperately needed to bounce back from an early two-goal deficit, brought about by a sister act that had befuddled the Crimson...
...really got caught off guard by their speed,” said co-captain Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon. “It really took those first 35 minutes to get our act together. We needed to make some organizational changes at halftime and spend some time to reset and talk about what was happening...
Still, say Republicans, taking on such a monumental bill solo has almost never been done before: 16 Republicans voted for the 1935 Social Security Act and 13 voted to create Medicare, and they are quick to point out that 12 Democrats crossed the aisle to vote for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program in 2005. "I think the sheer act of passing it with Democratic-only votes would result in significant backlash, not just from Republicans - though clearly it would gin up Republican intensity - but I suspect from independents as well," says Whit Ayers, a GOP strategist...