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On Sept. 29, the House failed to approve the Economic Stabilization legislation on a vote of
205 to 228.
President Bush Addressed the Nation on the Economy (White House, 9/24/08)
President Bush Addressed the United Nations General Assembly (White House, 9/23/08)
The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in St. Paul, MN., on Sept. 1-4.
The 2008 Democratic National Convention was held in Denver, Aug. 25-28.
2008 Economic Report of the President (CEA, Feb. 11, 2008)
FY 2009 - The Federal Budget Documents (OMB)
On January 28th, President Bush Delivered the 2008 State of the Union Address (White House).
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House - meets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, 2009.
Senate - meets at Noon on Monday, November 17, 2008.
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Pending in the House:
- The House has adjourned until Saturday, January 3, 2009.
- On Friday, October 3, the House considered the H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
- On Monday, September 29, the House considered
H.R. 3997, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
- On Friday, September 26, the House
considered H.R. 7060, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008
and H.R.7110, Energy Production and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008.
- On Thursday, September 25, the House considered legislation under suspension rules.
- On Wednesday, September 24, the House considered H.R. 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009.
- On Tuesday, September 23, the House considered H.R. 5244, The Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008.
- On Thursday, September 18, the House took up H.R. 3036, No Child Left Inside Act of 2008.
- On Tuesday, September 16, the House considered H.R. 6899, The Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act and H.R. 6842, National Capital Security and Safety Act.
- On Wednesday, September 10, the House considered H.R. 3667, Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act.
- The House returned from the August recess on Monday, September 8.
- On Friday, August 1, the House considered
H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill and legislation under suspension rules.
- On Thursday, July 31, the House considered
H.R. 4137, Higher Education Opportunity Act, H.R. 1338, Paycheck Fairness Act, and H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill.
- On Wednesday, July 30, the House considered
H.R. 6599, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropriations bill and legislation under suspension rules.
- On Thursday, July 24, the House considered
H.R. 5501, Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008,
H.Res. 1368, Relating to Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003,
and
H.R. 3999, The National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act.
- On Wednesday, July 23, the House considered H.R. 3221, American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act.
- On Thursday, July 17, the House considered
a Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 2062, the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act.
- On Wednesday, July 16, the House considers
H.R. 5959, FY09 Intelligence Authorization Act
and
H.R. 415, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers.
- On Thursday, July 10, the House considered
H.R. 1286, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act
and the Motion to Go to Conference on H.R. 3121, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act.
- On Wednesday, July 9, the House considered
H.R. 5811, Electronic Message Preservation Act.
- Status of FY2009 Appropriations Bills
Pending in the Senate:
- The Senate holds a pro forma sessions until Monday, November 17.
- On Thursday, October 2, the Senate met for "morning business."
- On Thursday, October 1, the Senate considered H.R.7081, the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act and took up the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
- On Monday, September 29, the Senate considered H.R.2095, the Federal Rail Safety Improvement Act.
- On Saturday, September 27, the Senate considered H.R.2638, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations.
- On Friday, September 26, the Senate considered S.3604, A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for economic recovery.
- On Tuesday, September 23, the Senate considered H.R.6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008.
- On Wednesday, September 17, the Senate completed action on S.3001, the Defense Authorization bill.
- The Senate returned from the August recess on Monday, September 8.
- On Thursday, July 31, the Senate considered S.3001, the Defense Authorization bill.
- On Wednesday, July 30, the Senate considered S.2035, the Media Shield bill.
- On Monday, July 28, the Senate considered S.3297, the Advancing America's Priorities bill.
- On Friday, July 25, the Senate considered S.3268, the Energy Speculation bill.
- On Thursday, July 24, the Senate considered
S.3186, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program bill.
- On Wednesday, July 23, the Senate considered
S.3268, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities.
- On Wednesday, July 16, the Senate completed action on
S.2731 , the Global AIDS legislation.
- On Friday, July 11, the Senate considered
H.R.3221, the Housing Bill.
- On Wednesday, July 9, the Senate considered
H.R.6304, FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
Latest News Coverage on Congress:
Wire Services
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Other Recent House Action:
- For more links to earlier House action, also see:
- On Thursday, June 26, the House considered
H.R. 6052, The Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008.
- On Wednesday, June 25, the House considered
H.R. 3195, ADA Restoration Act,
H.R. 2176, To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community and
H.R. 6275, the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.
- On Tuesday, June 24, the House considered legislation under suspension rules and H.R. 5876, Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act.
- On Thursday, June 19, the House considered
H.R. 5781, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
and
H.R. 2642, Iraq/Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Bill.
- On Wednesday, June 18, the House considered legislation under suspension rules and takes up
H.R. 6063, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act.
- On Thursday, June 12, the House considered
H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act and
H.R. 6063, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act.
- On Wednesday, June 11, the House considered
H.R. 6003, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008.
- On Thursday, June 5, the House considered
H.R. 5540, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act
and the conference report to
S.Con.Res.70, the FY2009 budget resolution.
- On Wednesday, June 4, the House considers legislation under suspension rules and takes up
H.R. 3021, 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act.
Other Recent Senate Action:
- For more links to earlier Senate action, also see:
- On Thursday, June 26, the Senate considered
H.R.6304, the FISA bill.
- On Wednesday, June 19, the Senate considered H.R.6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act.
- On Thursday, June 12, the Senate considered
S.3101, the Medicare Improvements Act.
- On Wednesday, June 11, the Senate considered S.3044, the Consumer-First Energy bill.
- On Friday, June 6, the Senate considered S.3036, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security bill.
- On Thursday, June 5, the Senate considered
S. 3044, Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 and
H.R. 6124, the Farm Bill.
- On Wednesday, June 4, the Senate considered
S.Con.Res.70, the FY2009 budget resolution.
No committee schedule available for Sunday, October 12, 2008.
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From washingtonpost.com:
| | Fear-Driven Selling Drives Down Markets
| The selling fever that pushed New York's Dow Jones average down by 7.3 percent spreads across Asia and Europe in overnight trading. | Carmakers' Pain Could Spread
| Faltering manufacturing sector, led by the car industry, could pose a new economic threat. | Helping Palin Grab the Spotlight
| Beginning this spring, PR expert began pitching "upstart governor" as crusader against Big Oil. | Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize
| Finland's former president recognized for efforts from Africa and Asia to Europe and Middle East. | U.S. Allegedly Listened In on Calls of Americans Abroad
| The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee is looking into allegations that a U.S. spy agency improperly eavesdropped on the phone calls of hundreds of Americans overseas, including aid workers and U.S. military personnel talking to their spouses at home. | U.S. Seems Set to Take N. Korea off Terror List
| The Bush administration appears poised to provisionally remove North Korea from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, perhaps as soon as today, sources close to the administration said. | Asian, European Stocks Plummet
| TOKYO, Sept. 10 -- Punctuating its worst week in history, Japan's main stock index plummeted nearly 10 percent Friday, as a mid-size Japanese life insurance company went bankrupt and fear-driven selling drove markets down across Asia. | The End of American Capitalism?
| | The market turmoil draining the nation's wealth is set to claim another casualty. | From Outsider To Politician
| SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The taunting began as soon as Barack Obama joined the Illinois Senate in January 1997. He had expected to face some skepticism as a political neophyte, but not such outright hostility. For the first few months of his career as a lawmaker, Obama navigated the unfamiliar corridors of... | Judge Assails Evidence in Stevens Trial
| A federal judge ruled yesterday that he would tell jurors to ignore two pieces of evidence that he said were tainted by government bungling in the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens on corruption charges. | Battling Through Battleground States
| INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 8 -- Barack Obama delivered a reassuring economic message and a combative John McCain blistered his opponent as ill-prepared and opportunistic as the two entered the final four weeks of the marathon presidential campaign with swings through the battleground states of the Midwest. | Pelosi Talks Stimulus
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that she may call lawmakers back to Washington after the Nov. 4 elections to put together a new federal spending package worth as much as $150 billion in hopes of stimulating the nation's flagging economy. | The Heck with Substance
| NASHVILLE -- Here, as a torrential rain pelted the roof of the media tent after an unusually serious debate, is your press corps in action: | Economic Crisis Dominates Debate
| NASHVILLE, Oct. 7 -- On a day when the stock market took another sharp plunge, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama clashed repeatedly here Tuesday night over the causes of the economic meltdown that has shaken the country and offered sharply contrasting prescriptions for how to r... | Obama Flexing Financial Muscle With TV Spending
| Sen. Barack Obama is outspending Sen. John McCain by nearly 3 to 1 on television advertising in the final weeks of the presidential campaign, a financial edge that is almost certainly contributing to the Democrat's momentum in key battleground states. | Blasts From the Past
| Just what America needs while the economy is crumbling: a campaign about William Ayers and Charles Keating. | Detroit's Ills Symptomatic Of a Manufacturing Plague
| DETROIT -- First it was the outsourcing of components, and then vehicle assembly. Then gasoline prices shot up, slashing demand for trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Now, just when things seemed as if they could not get any worse here, the credit crunch and the subsequent stock market meltdown have... | 'Nordic Tiger' Iceland Finds Itself in Meltdown
| REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 9 -- The bad news just keeps coming for Icelanders, who in the last week have seen the international financial empire that they built on this remote North Atlantic island start to crumble, piece by piece. | Inouye Praises Stevens's Integrity
| A Democratic senator who has been a longtime friend of Sen. Ted Stevens took the witness stand yesterday to defend the integrity of the powerful Alaska Republican, who is battling corruption charges. | Revamped Hub Gives Returning Warriors a Taste of Home
| They come by the dozen, bandaged and shellshocked, touching down on U.S. soil for the first time since they left home for war. They're greeted by doctors and nurses, who tend to their wounds, and Red Cross volunteers who tell them there's root beer in the fridge and chicken for dinner. | Pakistanis Repudiate Violence
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- The television advertisement that debuted this week starts with a simple scene: A mother is waiting on a street corner for her child to get out of school. It looks like any other sunny day in any one of Pakistan's major cities. | Financial Crisis Tests Limits of Unity Within the E.U.
| PARIS, Oct. 9 -- Three weeks ago, as the Bush administration struggled to salvage collapsing U.S. investment banks, European leaders calmly reassured their people. Banks on this side of the Atlantic are more wisely regulated, they said, and unlikely to succumb to the chaos on Wall Street. | Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize
| OSLO, Norway -- Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. | Hard Times On the Thames
| LONDON, Oct. 9 -- The flash of cash by the super-rich bankers and traders who work in London's financial district had come to symbolize the capital. They ordered birthday cakes with emeralds. They ran up $10,000 bar bills at nightclubs. They drove, or were driven in, Porsches and Bentleys. | Fears of Recession Deepen Rout
| Fear and foreboding took hold on Wall Street yesterday, as the stock market again plunged and investors became convinced that the nation is on the verge of a deep and prolonged recession. The rout continued in Japan, where stocks plummeted in early trading today. | Treasury Weighs Investing In Banks
| The Bush administration is hammering out the final details of a plan that would allow the government to inject cash into banks in exchange for ownership stakes in an effort to shore up confidence in the faltering financial system, according to officials and sources who have been in contact with the... | Citigroup Ends Bid To Buy Wachovia
| Citigroup has ended its pursuit of Wachovia, allowing Wells Fargo to proceed with its $15 billion deal to buy the troubled Charlotte bank and emerge as one of the largest retail and commercial banks in the United States. |
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stateline.org - State and Local Issues
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Escalating financial crisis gripping statesState officials are slashing budgets, delaying bond sales and seeking federal help in the wake of a $700 billion bailout package that was supposed to ease borrowing. |
WORTH NOTING: 'Hockey mom' to make NHL debut| Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will take part in Saturday's Philadelphia Flyers-New York Rangers game. Devotees of fish pedicures in Texas and the state of Washington will have to settle for more traditional foot-cleansing methods. And an Iowa appeals court finds that slow-pitch softball is a contact sport. In case you missed those stories this week, “Worth Noting” fills you in. |
Stem-cell science an election issue in 3 states | While both presidential candidates agree that the federal government should fund controversial stem-cell research, voters in Michigan, North Carolina and Washington state are being asked to take a fresh look at whether the science, which offers potential cures for millions of Americans, is worth the moral cost of destroying human embryos. |
Parents' income, education affect kids' health| A new report finds that the health of American children is a matter of concern, made worse by the disparities that exist between kids in low- and high-income families. Children’s parents and their surroundings have a huge effect on whether they grow up healthy, and whether they live past their first year. |
States' actions to block voters appear illegal| Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times. |
Mass. treasurer reports a 'home run' $750m bond deal| Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill said yesterday that the state was finally able to sell $750 million in revenue bonds at favorable interest rates, averting potentially dire financial problems and securing enough money to keep the state afloat until late November. |
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Education Reform
Resources on the President's and other education reform proposals.
Congress Approves Education Reform - Conference Action:
Senate Approves Education Reform:
House Approves H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act:
Latest News:
- Bush Pitches Education to Midwestern Swing Vote (Wash.Post,05/09/02)
- Bush Steps Into the Classroom To Tout New Education Law (Wash.Post,05/07/02)
- Bush Outlines Education Sequel:
Senators Unveil Their Own Early-Childhood Proposals (Wash.Post,04/03/02)
- Relying on Science in Teaching Kids to Read (Wash.Post,02/26/02)
- Joint committee OKs sweeping education bill (CNN,12/12/01)
- Conferees Agree on Education Package
Final Vote Is Near On Plan for Tests, Accountability (Wash.Post,12/12)
- Committee Hopes to Clear Hurdle in Education Plan (Wash.Post,11/29)
- Deal Is Nearer on Education Overhaul: Key Compromise Would Protect Boy Scouts' Access to Public Schools (Wash.Post,11/01)
- Education Dept. Reforms Unveiled:
Fiscal Oversight Plan Will Tighten Credit Card Use, Increase Audits (Wash.Post,10/31)
- Education Summit Tests Reform (Wash.Post,10/11)
- State Officials, School Groups Worried About Education Bill (Wash.Post,10/10)
- Supreme Court to Decide School Voucher Case (Wash.Post,09/25)
- Bush Postpones Education Meeting, Stays Focused on Military Campaign (Wash.Post,09/25)
- Congress Still Divided on Education Reform (Wash.Post,09/19)
- Bush, Dems turn up heat on education (CNN,09/01)
- Bush Urges Realistic Education Standards (Wash.Post,08/02)
- Bush asks Urban League to help pass education bill (CNN,08/01)
- Differences Hold Up Education Plan:
House, Senate Differences May Deny President His Goal of Passing the Bill by Early Next Month (Wash.Post,07/23)
- As Stakes Rise, School Groups Put Exams to the Test (Wash.Post,07/09)
- Bush urges action on education; Democrats defend health care bill (CNN,07/07)
- House and Senate must now bridge education bill differences (CNN,06/15)
- Senate Passes Major Revamp of Education: Fight Over Funding Gap Looms (Wash.Post,06/15)
- Senate approves education bill after lengthy debate (CNN,06/14)
- Education Measure's Progress May Be a Unique Achievement (Wash.Post,06/14)
- ESEA Bill on Track As Senate Changes Hands (Education Week,06/13)
- Senate Drops Vouchers From Education Bill: Democrats May Push for More Funding (Wash.Post,06/13)
- Senate says 'no' to voucher pilot program (CNN,06/12)
- Tax Bill Gives Benefits for Education:
Subsidy for Private Schooling Among $30 Billion in Breaks (Wash.Post,05/31)
- School Accountability Remains Tough Task (Wash.Post,05/29)
- House Advances Education Overhaul (Wash.Post,05/24)
- Testing in, vouchers out as House approves education bill (CNN,05/23)
- House Rejects Bush Vouchers Plan (Wash.Post,05/23)
- House Backs Annual Reading, Math Tests:
Proposal to Measure Student Performance Is Tenet of Bush's Education Initiative (Wash.Post,05/23)
- Bush tries to shore up GOP support for education reform (CNN,05/21)
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School Voucher Backers Take Fight to House Floor (Wash.Post,05/18)
- Bid to Reduce Class Size Fails (Wash.Post,05/16)
- Democrats: Bush neglecting education (CNN,05/12)
- Education Bill Clears Big Hurdle:
House Panel Passes Measure; Bush Chafes at Senate Add-Ons (Wash.Post,05/10)
- Democratic Bush Aide Wins Over Kennedy (Wash.Post,05/10)
- House Education Bill Got It Wrong For Some Critics on the Right (Wash.Post,05/07)
- Bush Education Plan Facing Major Changes on Hill (Wash.Post,05/06)
- Education Bill Hits Roadblocks (Roll Call,05/03)
- House Panel Votes to Kill Private School Vouchers (Wash.Post,05/03)
- Senate Moves Toward Action on Education (Wash.Post,05/02)
- Republican rift could bog down education debate (CNN,04/27)
- Senate puts Bush education bill to the test (CNN,04/24)
- Senate Democrats Seek School Funds (Wash.Post,04/24)
- Money Is Stumbling Block for Bush's Education Plan (Wash.Post,04/22)
- Bush Flexible on Education (Wash.Post,04/18)
- Test Shows Wider Gap in Reading Skills (Wash.Post,04/07)
- Negotiators Agree on School Reform Plan (Wash.Post,04/06)
- Preventing School Violence (Wash.Post,03/25)
- In Wisconsin, Vouching for Vouchers (Wash.Post,03/20)
- Partisan Division Blocks Senate Action on Education (Wash.Post,03/08)
- Bush Unveils Outline For Ed. Spending (Education Week,03/07)
- Bush's School Master (Wash.Post,03/08)
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Progress On Dropout Rate Stalls (Wash.Post,03/03)
- Bush Says He'll Seek $4.6 Billion Boost in Education Spending (Wash.Post,02/22)
- Bush pitches schools package to Midwest audiences (CNN,02/21)
- Going on the Road, Bush Rehearses Before Real Show (Wash.Post,02/21)
- Democrats Challenge Bush on Education: More Funds Needed, They Tell Paige (Wash.Post,02/16)
- Panel Starts Clock on Education Bill: Legislators Aim to Turn Bush Plan Into Law in Months, Not Years (Wash.Post,02/15)
- Panel Leaves Out Vouchers (Wash.Post,02/14)
- A Tough Question for the Testers (Wash.Post,02/10)
- Education Has Center Stage Under Bush: Targeted Agency Gains New Status (Wash.Post,02/02)
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H.R.340, To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Rep Miller, George)
President Bush Sends His Education Reform Plan to Congress:
- Official Administration Statements and Materials
- News Coverage
- School, Archbishop Get Presidential Visit: Bush Praises D.C. Elementary for Practicing What He's Preaching (Wash.Post,01/26)
- Bush Makes Education 1st Initiative (Wash.Post,01/24)
- Voucher Plan Liable to Test Education Accord (Wash.Post,01/24)
- Testing, Yes; Vouchers, No, Say School Officials in Area (Wash.Post,01/24)
- Bush Unveils Education Plan (Education Week,01/23)
- Bush sends education package to Capitol Hill (CNN,01/23)
- Democrats' alternative to Bush education plan: competition, but no vouchers (CNN,01/23)
- Bush prepares education package for Congress (CNN,01/23)
- Bush Likely to Drop Vouchers
Education Policy to Focus on Testing, States' Flexibility (Wash.Post,01/02)
- Reaction
Other Recent News and Developments:
- Appeals Court Rejects Vouchers In Cleveland as Unconstitutional (Wash.Post,12/12)
- Clinton wants swift action on education spending (CNN,12/02)
- Voters set social policy agenda at ballot box School vouchers defeated; drug treatment, gun background checks approved (CNN,11/08)
- Vouchers Failing an Election Test (Wash.Post,10/31)
- School Crime Drops (Wash.Post,10/26)
- Gore continues hit on Texas education (USA Today,10/25)
- Happy with Quality: Public School Parents Polled (Wash.Post,10/24)
- S.C. asked to gamble on schools (USA Today,10/24)
- Public vs. Private: School Vouchers Stir Emotions Nationwide (ABC,10/17)
- The ABCs of School Reform: Bush and Gore Have Very Different Education Plans (ABC,10/16)
- REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON EDUCATION, 10/5
- Gephardt to Spell Out an Education Agenda (Wash.Post,10/04)
- Record Low Default Rate In Student Loan Program (Wash.Post,10/02)
- Democrats Campaign Aboard School Bus (Wash.Post,09/12)
- Bush Hitting Harder on Education (Wash.Post,08/31)
- Scores Improve for D.C. Pupils With Vouchers (Wash.Post,08/28)
- Ballot Initiatives Turning to Schools (Wash.Post,08/28)
- Clinton Pressures GOP on Federal Role in Education (Wash.Post,08/24)
- School rolls hit record (USA Today,08/22)
- Calif. School Voucher Initiative Roils Race (Wash.Post,07/19)
- RAND releases study on education achievement:
- Washington Post special coverage:
- Congress Is Near Flunking a Test On School Reform (Roll Call,06/19)
- Battle Brews Over Renewal of Education Act (Wash.Post, 5/14)
- Gun Debate Threatens School Funding Legislation (ABC, 5/7)
- Yahoo/Reuters school reform news
- Clinton Opens Push for School Proposals(Wash.Post article 5/4)
- School Building Needs Tallied (Wash.Post 5/3)
- Search of current news (NL Search)
President Clinton's Education Priorities:
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Governing.com - State and Local News
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The Way We Tax: A 50-State Report
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The vast majority of state tax systems are inadequate for the task of funding a 21st-century government. Most of those tax systems are also unfair. They break the golden rule of tax equity: collect the lowest possible rates on the widest possible base of taxpayers.
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Articles:
Assessments: Alan Ehrenhalt on living with "lifestyle centers"
Potomac Chronicle: Donald F. Kettl on the states as beggars
Technology: Thomas R. Davies on outside resources for new IT leaders
Tax Talk: David Brunori on the principles of sound tax policy
Economic Development: William Fulton on how a city's size affects its competitiveness
Environment: Tom Arrandale on the risks of weakening longstanding laws
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White House schedule information and recent statements and news releases.
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