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Tag U.S. Sen. Harry Reid
Prominent voices berate Michigan’s “right-to-work”
Education and elected leaders speak out against Michigan’s right-to-work law and the harm it will cause to the middle class
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Loan rate hike would make college “impossibility” for more students
By Mary Ellen Flannery/photo courtesy of Nazareth College Just two weeks before some student loan interest rates are scheduled to double, leading Senate Democrats called on students, parents, educators, and others to keep up the pressure on Congress to take …
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NEA interns lobby Senators on the student loan interest rate increase
by Tim Reed/photo above by NEA intern Kate Jeszeck Hundreds of students, including a number of NEA interns, visited Capitol Hill yesterday as part of Campus Progress’ Student Debt Day, to lobby their Senators on the looming student loan interest rate …
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Responses to White House Jobs Plan Come From Across the Country
Check out a quick cut-down of video from the speech and a roundup of quotes from politicians and policy makers.
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