March 23, 2007
Senate Democrats Unveil Spending Plan
The Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate proposed last week a spending blueprint for 2008 that would increase financing for the Education Department by $6.1-billion over the amount proposed by President Bush. The plan gives Pell Grants priority for some of the money.
The blueprint is another example of how Congressional Democrats are challenging Mr. Bush's policies in education and other areas much more than the Republicans did. Before Democrats won control of Congress in November,
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