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May 3, 2006
Commencement-Style Protesters Seek Budget Valedictory From Boehner
About two dozen college graduates, decked out in caps and gowns, marched this morning to the personal office of Rep. John A. Boehner, the House majority leader, to protest cuts in the federal student-loan programs that he helped push through Congress this year (The Chronicle, January 6).
The graduates delivered a petition that they said contained more than 15,000 signatures urging Mr. Boehner, an Ohio Republican, to support legislation, introduced recently by Democratic lawmakers, that would cut interest rates on college loans in half. The procession was organized by the Campaign for America’s Future, a liberal advocacy group.
Kevin Smith, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, called the march “one of the more hollow political stunts we’ve ever come across.”
“Obviously the organizers of the event had been giving them false information about Republicans’ record of supporting students seeking a quality higher education,” Mr. Smith said. “But that’s not too surprising since their agenda isn’t focused on serving students, but instead on their own special interests.”
Posted on Wednesday May 3, 2006 | Permalink |Comments
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Not only did Boehner cut College Loans and support an interest rate spike, but he did this a couple months after Katrina… kicking so many students from across the Gulf Region while they were down. Shame!
— Ben May 3, 06:11 PM #
From Campaign for America’s Future’s communications director:
Our own special interest is lower interest rates for students. Finding a way to pay for college is a difficult struggle facing millions of families across the country and it’s a struggle Rep. Boehner made worse. Rep. Boehner led efforts to pass the largest cuts to student aid in our nation’s history.
— Toby Chaudhuri May 4, 12:33 PM #