07.11.07
Student Loan Bill Update
House lawmakers approved the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669) by a vote of 273 to 149.
It contains legislation that would use budget reconciliation to redirect about $18.6 billion from student loan company subsidies to increase funding for Pell Grants and other Federal financial aid projects.
Voting in favor were 47 Republicans and 226 Democrats.
President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation.
Student Loan Bill Update | Student Loan Information said,
July 11, 2007 at 5:07 pm
[...] Original post by moniqueleonard [...]
Will Johnston said,
July 11, 2007 at 5:37 pm
We put together a couple of videos about today’s House vote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUffZTEg7A
moniqueleonard said,
July 12, 2007 at 7:17 am
Thanks, Will!
I’m flattered that someone from the Committee on Education and Labor in the House of Representatives found my little blog!
Those videos are quite interesting, thanks for sharing!