Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., could lead debate on education policy. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The Senate takes up a spending package this week that rejects White House attempts to cut school funding by about 11 percent next year. CQ’s Kellie Mejdrich explains the conflict over education priorities between Congress and the White House and which side is likely to prevail.
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