The U.S. Senate had the opportunity tonight to give 1,700 low-income children in the District of Columbia the chance for a better education. Instead, voting mostly along party lines, 58 senators sided with liberal special interests to defeat an amendment saving the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who attended a private high school and sent his kids to private school, inserted a | Read More »
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was unable to secure the 60 votes needed for cloture on the $410 billion omnibus spending bill tonight, setting the stage for a showdown Monday on the future of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Democrat leaders tried in vain to prevent amendments to the omnibus. But it was ultimately three of their own — Sens. Evan Bayh (D-IN), Russ | Read More »
The audacity of congressional Democrats is absolutely astonishing. Less than two months into the 111th Congress, they have made one of their top targets ending a popular scholarship program for 1,700 low-income D.C. students. The $7,500 scholarships are the best thing that’s happened for District of Columbia students in the past decade — and one of the best investments Congress has made in education reform. | Read More »
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