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- More money needed if Senate plan for Head Start teachers becomes law.
- Congress would have to find another $3.4 billion for Head Start if Senate proposals to increase teacher education requirements become law, a new analysis shows. Congress would have to find another $3.4 billion for Head Start if Senate proposals to increase teacher education...
- Research articles 2005-08-15
- Children's Defense Fund Responds to Senate Action Today on Head Start Legislation
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, said today she is pleased the Senate Health and Education Committee left out a Bush Administration proposal that would hand Head Start over to the statWASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Marian Wright Edelman, President...
- Research articles 2003-10-30
- Children's Defense Fund Decries U.S. Senate's $170 Billion Corporate Tax Bill
- "This bill exemplifies again the misplaced priorities of our national leaders," said Marian Wright Edelman President and Founder of CDF. "For less than the cost of these tax breaks, Congress could have provided Head Start for every eligibl"This bill exemplifies again the misplaced priorities of our national leaders," said...
- Research articles 2004-05-14
- NHSA: Pending U.S. Senate Head Start Bill Would Undercut Role ofNearly 200,000 Fathers Across U.S.
- WASHINGTON, June 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As Father's Day approaches on June 19th, the National Head Start Association joined hundreds of local Head Start programs across the United States today in warning that legislation in Congress b- particularly a reautWASHINGTON, June 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As Father's Day approaches on...
- Research articles 2005-06-16
- Senate bill gives head start for farm tax breaks in 2005.(TAXES)
- A Senate bill gives a head start for farm tax breaks in 2005. Finance Com. Chm. Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Max Baucus, both ag backers, have merged pet tax proposals into a bipartisan bill that includes goodies for farmers and ranchers. It w A Senate...
- Research articles 2004-09-17
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- Senate creates new subcommittee to focus on head start, preschool.
- The U.S. Senate is creating a new early childhood subcommittee this year, with a chairman whose goal is to examine the effectiveness and need for the federal government's 69 programs that touch on preschool issues. Renewal of Head Start and child care programs...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- What should we watch for during the climate summit's final days?
- by Grist We're at the halfway point in the U.N. Copenhagen climate summit. Week one brought us the troublesome leaked climate treaty draft; the surprise proposal from the tiny island nation of Tuvalu to lower the acceptable rise in global temperature from 2 degrees Centigrade...
- News items 2009-12-14
- Senate will consider spellings nomination.(early childhood education)(Brief Article)
- Members of the U.S. Senate will have a chance to ask about the Bush administration's early childhood plans at the Jan. 6 confirmation hearing for Margaret Spellings, the president's nominee for education secretary. In his second-term agenda, the president outlined an Education Department goal to give...
- Research articles 2005-01-05
- Commentary: Amnesia spreads through nation's capital
- Webster's Dictionary defines amnesia as the unconscious suppression of a painful experience. For some strange reason, this illness is infecting government officials, corporate executives and a variety of other citizens.Let's start with Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Brownie, as he was called by the...
- Research articles 2006-02-17
- Obama's debut gave little hint of what was to come.(News)(On politics)
- Byline: Eric Krol I still remember the day Barack Obama took his first major political steps. It was late January 2003, in what back then passed for typical Chicago cold, and I made the trek downtown to see this well- respected, ...
- Research articles 2007-01-19
- Transcript: President Obama's remarks to press about climate accord
- by Grist Just before departing Copenhagen for Washington, President Obama made a brief appearance before the White House traveling press corps. The transcript was provided by the White House press office. — THE PRESIDENT: Let me start with a statement and...
- News items 2009-12-18
- Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
- Are cell phones safe? For years, studies have provided conflicting conclusions. Today, there is still no clear answer. But experts agree on one thing: more research is needed to find out the answer.In an effort to raise awareness among consumers and to urge government leaders to allocate more funding for...
- News items 2009-09-02
- News Flash: 1945 Law Allows Concentration of Power in US Health Insurance
- Last week, some media reports noted that US Congressional Democrats countered an insurance industry study suggesting health care reform would cost much more than estimated by threatening a repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Act's anti-trust exemption for health insurance. For example, in the New York Times Prescriptions Blog : ...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Drumbeat: December 14, 2009
- U.S. Offers $85 Million to Promote Energy Efficiency COPENHAGEN — Marking the beginning of a second, more serious week of climate negotiations here, the United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday that industrialized countries would spend $350 million over five years — including...
- News items 2009-12-14
- 2ND LD: Republicans victorious in midterm elections
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH LATEST RESULTS, QUOTES) The Republican Party took control of both houses of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, giving President George W. Bush a big political boost and a head-start in the 2004 presidential race. Republicans seized control of...
- Research articles 2002-11-11
- Obama asks Congress to delay digital TV switch
- President-elect Barack Obama today asked Congress to delay next month's planned switch to all-digital broadcast television, warning that the TVs of millions of Americans could lose their pictures because of major problems in the government's preparations. In a letter to Congressional leaders, John Podesta, co-chairman of Obama's presidential transition team,...
- News items 2009-08-07
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