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Congress Proposes Cuts to College Funding

Last Tuesday, Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution that outlines sizable cuts to funding for higher education and student loan repayment programs. This is the first House of Representatives and Senate joint budget resolution in five years. This joint resolution was only possible due to the fact that Republicans took over the Senate after the 2014 election, giving the party control of both branches of Congress. The next hurdle for Republicans is to turn this framework — an outline that slashes $5 trillion in spending over the next ten years — into legislation.” Read more at Attn: by clicking here.