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HCR passes the Senate
20 hours ago ago from Juice The Blog
With 60 votes , as promised. Even though there's still one more hurdle (getting the House and Senate to agree), this really is a huge achievement. Matt Yglesias : As you know, my view is this: For all its flaws, if signed into law this bill would be the greatest progressive social policy achievement in over forty years. It’s fine not to be satisfied with this legislation, but it’s perverse not to be happy about it. The ...
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16 hours ago ago from Iranian Progressives in Translation
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2 hours ago ago from Teo-Education.Com
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22 hours ago ago from SUNY Canton News
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21 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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16 hours ago ago from U.S. News
The year on campus: Change and hard times For higher education, 2009 was a time of lofty goals and harsh realities, of major policy shifts in Washington and financial struggle on campuses nationwide. In Washington, President Barack Obama called for the United States again to lead the world in college attainment by 2020. Congress poured billions of stimulus dollars into research and student financial aid and reshaped the federal student loan ...
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