George Miller

George Miller

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  Another round for the House on 'Obamacare'

  One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well ... 

• House advances student loan fix

  The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to ... 

• House approves bill to change overtime pay law

  The Republican-led House on Wednesday approved a measure that would give private sector workers the option of trading overtime pay for extra time off ... 

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  Congressional inaction could cost college students

  Congressional inaction could end up costing college students an extra $5,000 on their new loans. The rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to ... 

• Neither party has cash for student loan rate fix

  Incoming college freshmen could end up paying $5,000 more for the same student loans their older siblings have if Congress doesn't stop interest rates ... 

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  House passes GOP bill to streamline job training

  A divided House on Friday passed Republican legislation that would end or consolidate dozens of duplicative job training programs with the objective ... 

• Congressional Dems seek to raise minimum wage

  House and Senate Democrats want to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than a dollar higher than President Barack Obama proposed in his ... 

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  Father of Newtown victim: Ban assault weapons

  After weeks of arguing constitutional fine points and citing rival statistics, senators wrangling over gun control saw and heard the anguish of a ... 

• House committee takes up school safety issues

  The top Democrat on the House education committee says any discussion about school safety needs to be coupled with "common sense strategies to keep ... 

• Study: NCLB waiver weaken grad rate accountability

  Many states granted waivers from the No Child Left Behind law are relaxing or ignoring federal regulations designed to hold schools accountable for ... 

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  Stock market is a wild card in fiscal cliff talks

  Congress and the White House can significantly soften the initial impact of the "fiscal cliff" even if they fail to reach a compromise by Dec. 31.