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Legislation that affects higher education awaits action in Congress as a holiday weekend and nominating conventions turn attention elsewhere. David R. Obey (above), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and other Democrats are pressing for greater spending increases than President Bush. (Photograph by Win McNamee, Getty Images, Newscom)

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