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The chairman of the House Education Committee has dismissed a last-ditch plea from the private student loan industry and is throwing his support behind President Obama 's plan to end the role of private banks in the federal education lending systems.

The Obama administration pressed House lawmakers to strengthen legislation to overhaul health care, saying it doesna t go far enough to fix a system plagued by spiraling costs that leaves millions of Americans uninsured.

A draft of House healthcare reform legislation is set to slice $44.9 billion in nursing home funding over the next decade, according to a group of senior care advocates.

You know the old adage - " making law is like making sausage. The process is a little messier and more complicated than it looks.

We may know by the end of the week how the Democrats are claiming they will pay for their healthcare plans.

Critics of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's controversial new appraisal rules ratcheted up the pressure before the July 4 congressional recess with the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would mandate an 18-month moratorium on the "Home Valuation Code of Conduct." Reps.

Last week's confirmation of Rep. Ellen Tauscher's appointment to the State Department, heading the arms control office that Republican firebrand John Bolton once filled, sets off an unusual and energetic race for her Congressional seat and deprives local national security laboratories of the most experienced representative they have ever had.

The House Education and Labor Committee has approved a bill that would require 401 plan providers to provide clear, complete information about the fees they charge.

The WARN Act , passed in 1988, was supposed to require employers to give workers and the surrounding community a 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs, providing workers a head start in preparing to find another job and communities a chance to brace for the economic impact.

Talk to progressives on the subject of health care, and you will find they've gotten more and more nervous in the last couple of weeks.

House Democrats want to dramatically reduce the costs of health care by establishing competition in the market place between private and public insurers while expanding coverage across the United States.

A pair of key lawmakers are expected to introduce a bill on retirement reform later this week that could have substantial implications for investment advisers, 401 service providers and the majority of employer-sponsored retirement plans.

From the forthcoming CQ's Politics in America : Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass., donated more than half his liver to his brother-in-law. Reps.

Trying to regain momentum on a core issue of Barack Obama's presidency, House Democrats on Friday unveiled legislation they said would cover virtually all the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans.

ExploreLearning participated in two Capitol Hill events this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education & Labora s a oeFuture of Learninga Hearing and a Capitol Hill Technology Showcase a oeBringing the Future of Learning to Schools Today.a These events examined and demonstrated the role of educational technology on the future ...

Legislation approved Wednesday by the House Education and Labor Committee would require improved disclosure of fees and other financial information to 401 and other defined contribution plan participants, as well as provide some modest funding relief for defined benefit pension plans.

The Obama administration plans to simplify the federal college aid form, which at 153 questions drives millions of families to give up before they finish it.

BETHESDA, Md., June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Motorcycle Riders Foundation strongly supports the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act and urges Congress to swiftly pass the legislation in order to safeguard individual vehicle ownership rights today and in the future.

The award for Worst Regularly Scheduled Meeting Time in Washington should probably go to the Obama administration's congressional affairs team.

National Park Ranger Margaret Styles stands by a chest-high granite memorial with the names of dead or missing men who died at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine explosion in July 17, 1944.