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WASHINGTON — As Americans head to the polls today, the implications that their votes hold for federal higher education policy aren’t likely to drive them toward a candidate. Nonetheless, the outcomes of today’s Congressional elections will shape debates on higher education for the next few years.
Polls and prognostication suggest that Republicans will easily capture a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Races for several of the 39 Senate seats up for grabs today are too close to predict and may be for days. Regardless of which party holds the majority, it’s expected to be a slim one.
Pell Grants, tougher oversight of for-profit colleges and better accountability for research funding may not on their own be top priorities for the 112th Congress, but they are likely to creep into some of the broader discussions of fiscal responsibility that will inevitably dominate discussion. They’re already surrounded by debates symptomatic of the scarcity of federal funds and will continue to be examined with microscopic precision, especially with a Republican majority in one or both chambers.
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In 2010, Obama euphoria dwindled and made way for the team of tea.?Joe Miller the Alaska to, Christine O'Donnell of Delaware, the upheavals on the establishment candidate swept the nation. But there is another type of candidate who might gain seats Republicans this election cycle: the mavericks.
In 2008, the term "maverick" is synonymous with then candidate John McCain.The Arizona Republican Senator was awarded the label because of his willingness to break his party and achieve in the aisle to fine législatives.Tout throughout his career, McCain has proven willing to seek democratic allies on issues such as immigration and campaign finance reform.
Rebel group of tea and candidates promise to buck the creation of the image - group in their own moyens.Tea Party candidates vow to stand their ground when the Republican establishment pushes policies which are in conflict with their conservative philosophical principles. Rebel GOP candidates say they buck the creation of the Group of pictures by reaching into the aisle as they deem necessary to create a consensus on the various pieces of legislation.
Therefore, to take the mantle rebel at the 112th Congress?All signs point to the candidates of the California Senate, North Dakota and Illinois, should be voted in.
In California, Carly Fiorina Republican is difficult to run three Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer.Campagne as a defender of California small-government would be difficult for any Republican. But the former Chief Executive of Hewlett-Packard and Adviser to McCain's presidential campaign appears to hold its own in the polls, precisely because it is promised an independent thinker.
Fiorina was never more initial on his streak independent then during his campaign, has published an announcement earlier this month below entitled "bickering."
"When the quarrels of the extremities, solutions begin," explains Fiorina in the advertisement.
She says "No partisan games"."I will reach across the aisle, working with others, to oppose my party, if necessary."Your order of the jour.Pas mine. ?
Boxer-Fiorina race was neck-and-neck for months.The latest Rasmussen poll shows Boxer with one - point lead Fiorina.
Current Republican candidate North Dakota Governor John Hoeven victory is virtually assured.He also promised buck .the party line ' flag great as it is just a Maverick is Hoeven is even still a recent républicain.Aussi in 1996, he was a registered Democrat.
The same year, Hoeven wrote a letter saying: "I've always moderate in my political views, but now that I am considering elected, I realize I have to join a political party and stick to it YH ' I decided to join the NPL Democratic Party because I think it's the best fit for my views."
He then vehemently oppose the idea that it might even be a member of the Group of images. "What people want is political partisan as usual .the ' effort too partisan members of the Republican party to me as one of them is correct, and partisan politics as usual.?
Despite his past, Hoeven is now a Republican registered, although a recent report published by the free focused on market Cato Institute ranked at the bottom of their list of the more conservative it United States Governors Hoeven is running for the seat vacated by Byron Dorgan Democratic Senator.
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