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...defeat will be largely forgotten if the Democrats under Pelosi's leadership rack up a series of victories on the agenda that she had laid out for her first 100 hours as Speaker, which includes raising the minimum wage, forcing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription-drug prices, cutting student-loan rates and making the national-security fixes recommended by the 9/11 commission. Then there is the biggest issue of all, now that the Democrats are partners in governing and not just critics: charting a course on Iraq. Hoyer insists the phased withdrawal he supports is not all that different from...
...without luminaries such as Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who will remind us of the “enemy that’s a taxi cab driver in the daytime, but a killer at night?” Meanwhile, the government will throw away billions of dollars on lowering student loan interest rates and providing healthcare to more Americans...
...judgment on either Iraq or Bush. "Iraq mattered," Rove says. "But it was more frustration than it was an explicit call for withdrawal." Which is not to say the White House didn't see trouble coming. To keep the Republican National Committee from having to take out a loan, according to Republican officials, Bush chipped in $12 million of his campaign funds that otherwise would have gone to his presidential library. Looking ahead, friends say Rove has already identified four voter groups to watch in 2008: Catholics, Hispanics, suburban moderates and people with less than a college education. All four...
...negotiating a preferred lender agreement does not excuse financial aid offices from fully informing students about their options and the different incentives that various lenders offer. When asked why more comprehensive loan comparison data isn’t available in a brochure or on the HLS Web site, Ryan cited time and space limitations, saying that “we just don’t have it put together,” while dismissing the University’s preferred lender agreement with Citibank as irrelevant. Moreover, University Financial Aid Liaison Officer Laurie A. Hogan told The Crimson that...
...status; and second, a written policy should be published on financial aid Web sites stating that the University and its officials will reject kickback payments and other gifts as part of transparent negotiation processes. Only by doing so will students be able to make informed decisions about the best loan programs tailored to their needs. Because the burden of protecting students falls on the University, it is imperative that they be scrupulous in carrying out this responsibility...