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More typical is Illinois Republican Congressman John Erlenborn, an expert in pension-plan legislation who just retired from Congress after serving ten terms. He now expects to make three times his former salary as a consultant to companies affected by the laws he once wrote. "My expertise is worth the most here," says Erlenborn. "I never did intend to be in Congress for the balance of my life...
...Colorado's Gary Hart, that would greatly increase the federal role in education. The Administration, however, has been backing a science-and mathematics-teacher development act, sponsored by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a conservative Republican, that would spend just $50 million. Some Republican conservatives, like Illinois Congressman John Erlenborn, fear that more federal control of curriculum could lead to "political indoctrination...
...President's budget and tax plans. "This is a first step, which does not bind anybody," said Foley. For that matter, Republicans too were pushing ahead with plans for further unemployment relief. "Even with a resurgent economy, we're going to have persistent unemployment," says Congressman John Erlenborn of Illinois, who has been appointed by the G.O.P. House leadership to come up with a broad jobs package...
...scrape away all the rhetoric, however, the bill boils down to what Rep. John Erlenborn (R-Ill.) calls "a political payoff in every sense of the word." By all rights, both the House and Senate versions should have followed the path of their numerous successors, slowly fading into oblivion while a committee decided it had more important things to do. But back in 1976, Jimmy Carter discovered the National Education Association--an uncommitteed and potentially powerful block of votes. So Carter promised the NEA a department of its very own and the NEA gave Carter its first endorsment...
...very close to those key academic functions which really matter--the size of the student body, the composition of the faculty, etc." Bok says he believes that the Department of Education would provide a "good vantage point" for increasing governmental encroachment in educational policy, even in private institutions. Rep. Erlenborn notes that the "tenacles of the federal government are everywhere." Erlenborn believes establishing a Department of Education threatens local diversity and control over course and textbook content. "The tentacles will be stronger and reach further," he warns ominously. "The Department of Education will end up being the nation's super...