The Republicans claim they are for strengthening Pell grants when the truth is that over the last four years, their legislation has done the exact opposite.
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Pell Grants aren't 'welfare,' they are a gateway to opportunity for some of our nation's best and brightest students.
Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.
Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong.
Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.
We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when we don't have the money.
Republicans are willing to support and vote for realistic, meaningful financial reform.
So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.
Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a result they have been aggressive advocates of school reform, charter schools and vouchers for private schools.
Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.
Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.
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