Senator Talent Gets an F

From the NEA:
Is Senator Talent working for public education? ‘F’ on report card says no
It is report card time for lawmakers of all stripes and U.S. Senator Jim Talent has some explaining to do. He got an F on the National Education Association’s 109th Legislative Report Card for the 2005-06 session of the U.S. Congress, [...]

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GOP Making Society Worse, Again

House Republicans voted to cut student loan subsidies, child support enforcement and aid to firms hurt by unfair trade practices as various committees scrambled to piece together $50 billion in budget cuts.
More politically difficult votes ? to cut Medicaid, food stamps and farm subsidies ? are on tap Thursday as more panels weigh in on [...]

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Buying of News by Bush’s Aides Is Ruled Illegal

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 – Federal auditors said on Friday that the Bush administration violated the law by buying favorable news coverage of President Bush’s education policies, by making payments to the conservative commentator Armstrong Williams and by hiring a public relations company to analyze media perceptions of the Republican Party.

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