Source: Christian Science Monitor
Congress took the first step toward making sure student loans aren’t another victim of Capitol Hill’s 11th-hour brinkmanship on Thursday as the House passed a proposed fix for federally subsidized college loans whose interest rates are set to ...
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Communities in southeastern Connecticut that rely on the Navy submarine base as an economic engine may be breathing easier following a U.S. House subcommittee's rejection Thursday of a new round of military base closings. U.S. Rep. ...
Full article at: San Francisco Chronicle
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Source: TheDay.com
A House subcommittee has not only rejected the administration's request for base closings in 2015, it expressly forbade a new round. If Congress were to authorize a Base Realignment and Closure process, it would be the Readiness Subcommittee of the Hou ...
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Source: TheDay.com
A weak domestic economy has encouraged a sharp rise in the number of Connecticut companies that are seeking markets overseas, according to a survey released today by the Connecticut Business ...
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Source: Education Week
Student loans are at the top of Congress' agenda this summer—and they were the number one topic when U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified today before the House Education and the Workforce Commit ...
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Source: NBC Bay Area
For the next week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy plans to live on the equivalent of a food stamp budget to understand what it means to live on a food budget of $4.80 per day. Murphy said he is taking the Food Stamp Challenge to bette ...
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Source: Irish Independent
Ireland's men failed to repeat Friday's giant killing as they lost their rematch with Olympic champions Germany 5-2. The match in Mannheim produced one familiar Irish scorer, Mikie Watt, and one new name – Kyle Good of Monkstown. Meanwhile, I ...
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Source: Down With Tyranny!
The House doesn't usually stay in sessions Fridays, let alone take serious votes, but this past Friday, as we mentioned yesterday, Boehner and Cantor kept the Members in town to repay a promise they had made to thei ...
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