The Chronicle of Higher Education

Key Republican Lawmaker Opposes Bush's Proposals to Cut Subsidies to Lenders

By STEPHEN BURD

Washington

The top policy maker on higher education in the U.S. House of Representatives expressed support on Tuesday for President Bush's plan to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $500 over the next five years, but he questioned some of the ways in which the president proposes to pay for the increases.

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