See realtime coverage | Foster's Daily Democrat - 6 hours ago Right before the Memorial Day weekend, Washington was consumed by a debate over how much Barack Obama has spent as president, and it looks like it's picking up again. |
Patch.com - Jun 1, 2012 Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and Connecticut's own Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman reintroduced funding for the program in 2011's SOAR Act, which Obama signed under pressure during last summer's nasty budget fight. |
See realtime coverage | Boston.com - Jun 1, 2012 It also puts President Barack Obama on the defensive five months before his re-election bid. The Labor Department also said Friday that the economy added far fewer jobs in the previous two months than first thought -- 11000 fewer in March and 38000 ... |
See realtime coverage | National Journal - May 31, 2012 Obama considers the Education Department's Race to the Top competitive-grant program, which encourages state-level school reforms, to be one of his crowning domestic-policy achievements. His budget for fiscal year 2013 includes $850 million for the ... |
See realtime coverage | Philadelphia Inquirer - 6 hours ago Romney also plans to send legislation to Congress containing tax proposals and an immediate 5 percent cut in non-security discretionary spending, which includes programs such as education and transportation. But those plans, like others in his Day One ... |
See realtime coverage | Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - May 23, 2012 In a conference call with reporters, Obama campaign officials said Romney's budget plan wouldn't allow for big spending on education, as they also jabbed at Romney on economic matters. “We've already seen what Romney Economics means for students at ... |
See realtime coverage | Thousands of people protested the measures last year, which Walker said where needed to balance the state budget in a tough economic environment. |
See realtime coverage | BusinessWeek - May 29, 2012 Abernathy said the debt figures would be higher had federal spending on Pell Grants to low-income students not roughly doubled in 2009-2010 school year, compared to two years earlier. Obama not only accomplished that, but won approval for a college tax ... |
The Detroit News - Jun 1, 2012 By Chad Livengood Lansing— Michigan State University's student health insurance mandate may restrict its ability to raise tuition next year under a budget deal for universities passed Friday by the state House. The $1.39 billion higher education ... |
See realtime coverage | Roanoke Times - 9 hours ago For the most part, Allen has avoided tangling with his primary opponents and instead has directed his fire at Kaine and President Barack Obama. He has railed against spending and debt, called for repeal of "Obamacare" and blasted policies that ... |
See realtime coverage | New York Times - May 26, 2012 DURING a recent discussion in Seattle with a group of educators, one of them surprised me when she pointed out that even though their state did not win President Obama's education “Race to the Top,” that program was critical in spurring education ... |
Washington Post - May 30, 2012 WASHINGTON - The White House is warning that President Barack Obama will veto a widely popular House spending bill for veterans' programs and construction projects at military bases. |
CBS News - May 29, 2012 Abernathy said the debt figures would be higher had federal spending on Pell Grants to low-income students not roughly doubled in 2009-2010 school year, compared to two years earlier. Obama not only accomplished that, but won approval for a college tax ... |
Tampabay.com - 11 hours ago CW Bill Young may be a kindly, old-school political icon, but he has probably frustrated more politicians than anyone else in Tampa Bay. |
Written by ![]() in 855,958 Google+ circles Washington Post (blog) - May 31, 2012 These so-called 'user fees' could make up nearly half of the FDA's proposed $4.5 billion budget next year, according to a plan from President Barack Obama." Anna Yukhananov in Reuters. Want Wonkbook delivered to your inbox or mobile device? Subscribe! |
Corpus Christi Caller Times - 5 hours ago Public education through high school is not likely to fare any better next January. School districts across Texas took big cuts to their budgets. Teachers lost their jobs. Staffs were reduced. Administrators tried to insulate classrooms from the cuts, ... |
See realtime coverage | ABC News (blog) - May 24, 2012 The Dept of Education was created. The amount of mony spent has, at a minitmum tripled. How do the test scores (and $$$ spent) of students from private and home schooling compare to public schools? |
See realtime coverage | Washington Post (blog) - Jun 1, 2012 By Valerie Strauss This was written by David L. Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities By David L. Warren Support for higher education has never been more important to the nation's economic future than ... |
See realtime coverage | U.S. News & World Report - Jun 1, 2012 At a press gaggle Friday, Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest wouldn't acknowledge whether or not President Barack Obama was onboard with either of the new plans. "What I can tell is that our policy folks are evaluating proposals that the ... |
CBS News - May 30, 2012 WASHINGTON - The White House is warning that President Barack Obama will veto a widely popular House spending bill for veterans' programs and construction projects at military bases. |
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