October 29, 2004

On Pell Grants, Neither Candidate Is Correct

By STEPHEN BURD

Throughout the 2004 presidential campaign, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry have clashed over Iraq, the economy, and the nation's health-care system.

But at the third and final presidential debate, which was held this month at Arizona State University, disagreement over the administration's support for the federal Pell Grant program led to one of the evening's most heated exchanges.

As part of his critique of Mr. Bush's domestic policies, Mr. Kerry, the Democratic presidential

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