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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 89 articles Why are the Democrats cutting free community college from their spending bill? |  | |
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Biden is reportedly cutting free community college from Democrats' social-spending bill.
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The final framework for the social-spending bill has yet to be released, but it's clear progressives are having to cut many elements of their initial $3.5 trillion proposal to appease moderate lawmakers, including Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, who have pushed for a lower price tag on the bill.
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Early last month, the House education committee unveiled its portion of the reconciliation bill, which included $450 billion to secure universal pre-K for three- and four-year-olds and $111 billion to provide two free years of community college, among other things.
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Per their proposal, states would receive money based on average tuition and fees at community colleges, and in exchange, states would eliminate in-state tuition for students at those colleges. California Rep. Ro Khanna said in an interview that Biden still planned to provide "community college scholarships" in the bill, and added that the president plans to keep the universal pre-K proposal.
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Why Biden's plan for free community college likely will be cut from budget package. [Free read link]
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Progressives want to use a giant budget gimmick to hide the cost of the Democrats' spending bill.
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| | #1 in World News • 20 articles Will Brazil's president face charges over the country's Covid response? |
The congressional report, which [is scheduled to be released] this week, recommends criminal charges against 70 other people in total, including President Bolsonaro, three of...
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| | #1 in Science News • 16 articles What is the significance of the first successful pig-to-human organ transplant? |
In a two-hour procedure, surgeons successfully attached a kidney from a genetically engineered pig to a human patient, who was brain dead. Surgeons attached the pig kidney to blood vessels by t...
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