July 30, 2008
House and Senate Negotiators Approve Compromise Higher Education Act
Washington
After months of negotiations, lawmakers have reached agreement on a long-delayed bill that would set federal higher-education policy for at least the next five years.
Negotiators from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate voted to approve the compromise bill on Tuesday night during a formal conference at the Capitol. The vote was 18 to 3 on the Senate side, and 22 to 1 on the House side.
The bill, which would reauthorize, or renew, the Higher Education
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