http://www.mail.com/people/2914-john-kline.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2914-john-kline.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161852-house-panel-starts-rewrite-child-left.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday finished their rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, sending to their colleagues a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states. Members of the Republican-led House Education and the Workforce Com... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161852-house-panel-starts-rewrite-child-left.html 2013-06-19T18:48:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2160082-education-dept-offers-time-to-reach-goals.html WASHINGTON (AP) — States can ask for another year before being required to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school chiefs on Tuesday. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia have earned permission from the Education Department to ignore parts of the No Child Left Behind educ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2160082-education-dept-offers-time-to-reach-goals.html 2013-06-18T21:38:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133822-republicans-governors-school.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors would be relegated to cheerleaders for the nation's schools, and governors would be put in charge of classrooms under companion bills Senate and House Republicans introduced Thursday. The top Republicans on Congress' education committees unveiled rewrites to the nation's sweeping law kno... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:18:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133822-republicans-governors-school.html 2013-06-06T22:18:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133234-senate-defeats-democratic-republican-loan-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — College students faced increasing uncertainty about the cost of new student loans after senators failed Thursday to advance partisan proposals to keep interest rates from doubling on July 1. Dueling measures in the Senate would have kept interest rates on some student loans from moving from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, although separate R... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:00:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2133234-senate-defeats-democratic-republican-loan-plans.html 2013-06-06T22:00:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2118024-obama-drawing-attention-to-student-loan-debate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's subsidized student loan program, a marquee issue for President Barack Obama last year as he courted young voters on the campaign trail, is back on the White House agenda one month before a scheduled interest rate increase. But Obama's push to avoid the increase is far more low-key than it was in the election year. The pr... Thu, 30 May 2013 07:03:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2118024-obama-drawing-attention-to-student-loan-debate.html 2013-05-30T07:03:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104670-house-backs-variable-rate-student-loans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines. The Republican-backed bill would allow students to dodge a scheduled rate hike for students with new subsidized Stafford loans nex... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:53:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104670-house-backs-variable-rate-student-loans.html 2013-05-23T21:53:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103672-obama-threatens-veto-house-student-loan-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward. The White House issued the warning a day before the full House was scheduled to vote on the bill. Leaders from both parties exp... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:27:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103672-obama-threatens-veto-house-student-loan-plan.html 2013-05-22T21:27:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090860-house-advances-student-loan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 financial markets. The GOP-led House Education and the Workforce Committee sent to the full House a bill that would offer some students a better deal at first. Democratic critics warned that gr... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:34:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090860-house-advances-student-loan.html 2013-05-16T19:34:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070510-house-approves-bill-to-change-overtime-pay-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 weeks or months later. The bill, approved on a 223-204 vote, would allow employees who work more than 40 hours a week to save up to 160 hours of earned time off for future use. GOP lawmaker... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:17:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070510-house-approves-bill-to-change-overtime-pay-law.html 2013-05-08T22:17:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015176-house-passes-gop-bill-to-halt-labor-board-action.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday passed a bill to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from conducting much of its business until a dispute over the president's recess appointments is resolved. The Republican-backed measure, approved on a 219-209 vote that broke largely along party lines, is a response to a federal appeals court ruling in Janua... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:53:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015176-house-passes-gop-bill-to-halt-labor-board-action.html 2013-04-12T16:53:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1986220-congressional-inaction-cost-college-students.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, just as millions of new college students start signing up for fall courses. The difference between the two rates adds up to $6 billion. ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:10:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1986220-congressional-inaction-cost-college-students.html 2013-03-29T07:10:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1985088-party-cash-student-loan-rate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 from doubling. Sound familiar? The same warnings came last year. But now the presidential election is over and mandatory budget cuts are taking place, making a deal to avert a doubling of ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:38:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1985088-party-cash-student-loan-rate.html 2013-03-28T19:38:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1956572-house-passes-gop-bill-to-streamline-job-training.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided House on Friday passed Republican legislation that would end or consolidate dozens of duplicative job training programs with the objective of making it easier for people to gain the skills they need in a changing job market. It's a goal that President Barack Obama says he shares while disagreeing with the way the GOP would do it. The bill would al... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:54:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1956572-house-passes-gop-bill-to-streamline-job-training.html 2013-03-15T16:54:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1919464-house-committee-takes-up-school-safety-issues.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the House education committee says any discussion about school safety needs to be coupled with "common sense strategies to keep guns out of the hands of those who intend harm." Rep. George Miller of California says the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is a wake-up call for policymakers to do... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:15:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1919464-house-committee-takes-up-school-safety-issues.html 2013-02-27T18:15:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1895506-lawmakers-probe-shortfall-job-corps-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers are investigating a nearly $100 million shortfall at the federal Job Corps program that has prompted the Labor Department to freeze enrollment at all 125 job centers around the country. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., has called on the agency's inspector general to investigate "serious questions about the management by ... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:11:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1895506-lawmakers-probe-shortfall-job-corps-program.html 2013-02-16T09:11:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1891150-obama-pushes-preschool-plan-wont-discuss-cost.html DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Raising hopes among parents who want preschool for all, President Barack Obama on Thursday rolled out a plan to vastly expand government-funded early childhood while keeping the price tag a secret. Republicans, wary of high costs and questionable outcomes, made clear they have no intention of signing a blank check. Setting up yet anoth... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:54:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1891150-obama-pushes-preschool-plan-wont-discuss-cost.html 2013-02-14T21:54:50Z