College Cost Reduction Act Passes

Jesse Lee over in Speaker Pelosi's office wrote up a fabulous post for The Gavel about Student Loans. Today, the House passed the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, H.R. 2669, which will provide the single largest increase in college aid since the GI bill in 1944.


From The Gavel:

The House has passed the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, H.R. 2669, by a vote of 273-149. The bill will provide the single largest increase in college aid since the GI bill in 1944. The legislation invests about $18 billion dollars over the next five years in reducing college costs, helping millions of students and families. It comes at no new cost to taxpayers, and is funded by cutting excess subsidies paid by the federal government to lenders in the student loan industry.

That means 149 goons voted against it. Let's look at the names of shame. In an update, [Below the fold]I'll compile the competitive races among these conservative anti-student goons with links to the Democratic challengers.

Attention House Challengers, if one of the Nay votes is your congressman, they voted against students. Talk to young voters in your district about that. And note Rep. Miller's tone...

Which brings me to today's reminder that, yes, Margaret, there is a difference between the parties:

Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA) went abso-effing-lutely ballistic against a Republican amendment aiming to kill the bill:

Also factored into the equation is the Cook Partisan Voter Index. As Bush tanks, and the wave threatens more GOP, names will be added to this target list.