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Key House Democrat wants hearings on Obama jobs plan right away
- 09-12-2011
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Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week
Can President Obama's big jobs plan actually reinvigorate the sluggish economy? Rep. George Miller of California, the top Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, wants to know the answer to that question. He's hoping that Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the panel, will start hearings immediately on whether or not the jobs plan could work. Miller sent a letter on Friday to Kline asking that the committee get started immediately. Specifically, Miller wants to see the panel take a look at the education portion of the nearly $450 billion jobs plan, which Obama is slated to send to Congress today. The plan includes $25 billion for K-12 school construction, $5 billion for community college renovations, and $30 billion to avert teacher layoffs and spur hiring at schools. (more...)
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