February 23, 2007
Congress Adopts Long-Overdue Spending Plan for 2007
Congress finally completed work last week on a spending measure to finance higher-education programs for the remainder of the 2007 fiscal year. The measure will raise the maximum Pell Grant award by $260 and increase spending for physical-sciences research.
The Senate approved the bill 81 to 15, and President Bush was expected to sign it. The House of Representatives passed the measure in January.
Some senators grumbled that the $463.5-billion bill neglected key nonacademic
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