The Chronicle of Higher Education

House Members Argue Over 'Budget Neutral' Higher-Education Bill

By STEPHEN BURD

Washington

Republicans and Democrats on a key education committee in the U.S. House of Representatives clashed last week over whether legislation that GOP lawmakers have introduced to renew the Higher Education Act would do enough to help low-income students gain access to college.

At issue was the decision by the Republican...

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