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...goal of the 1996 federal welfare reform was to give states more flexibility in spending antipoverty funds, through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. But only four states used all their TANF money in 2004, the last year for which data were available. No other state has hoarded like Ohio, which has $900 million in unused TANF funds--a surplus twice as big as second-ranked New York...
Congress may slash $12.7 billion from student loan funding as part of a budget cut facing a final vote in the House on Feb. 1, sparking protests from advocacy groups who say that college students and their parents should not have to bear the brunt of budget reform...
...time to advocating for students.” Glazer and Capp have collaborated since May, after former Vice President Ian W. Nichols ’06 resigned amid speculation that he was forced out. Capp, Glazer’s original running mate, replaced Nichols in a special election. Some reforms Glazer oversaw last semester included a constitutional reform package, creating a treasury board, and reorganizing the structure of the council’s three committees. In November, Glazer and Capp proposed a constitutional amendment that would dissolve the Campus Life Committee and replace it with a directly-elected autonomous Social...
...many Chileans have seen little benefit from the booming economy. Some 10% of Chileans earn up to 60% of the national income, and that dramatic inequality of income has been cited as a key obstacle to Chile's long-term economic development. Bachelet campaigned on promises of pension reform, income growth, environmentally aware expansion of energy resources, and improved relations with neighboring nations...
...Reform airfare rules. Lawmakers who really rate with lobbyists can often get a lift on a corporate jet and pay only first-class fare for the courtesy--a savings of time and thousands of dollars. Bills offered by both Feingold and Arizona Senator John McCain would require charter flights to be reimbursed at full market value, making them prohibitive. Chance of passage...