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House GOP presses for deep cuts to education
- 02-18-2011
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By Alyson Klein/Education Week
A measure that would slash the U.S. Department of Education’s current budget by more than $5 billion—one of the most significant cuts in the department’s history—was lurching toward passage in the U.S. House of Representatives early Friday. Approval would set up a fiscal face-off in the Democratic-controlled Senate. And, should a bill with severe cuts make it through that chamber, President Obama has pledged to veto it. The current temporary measure expires March 4, and failure to reach agreement on a new one could mean the first federal government shutdown in more than a decade. (more...)
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