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Only about half of our African-American and Latino students will graduate on time from high school, and only 1 in 10 students from low-income families will graduate from college by their mid-20s.
More than 1 in 3 jobs in Washington state is dependent on international trade. And in Ohio, more than one-quarter of manufacturing jobs are dependent on exports.
AAPIs are twice as likely to hold jobs in these fields as any other immigrant group, with as many as 1 in 5 workers employed in the engineering and technology sector.
Taking account what was passed into law as part of the fiscal cliff deal, a fiscally responsible and balanced approach would secure an additional $1 trillion in new revenue to match the massive cuts to
Outstanding student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion, exceeding credit card debt for the first time. Student loan default rates are on the rise. The cost of college continues to increase.
Thrifty cotton and polyester work shirts carry 16 percent and 32 percent tariffs, respectively, while a silk Armani shirt comes with only a 1 percent tariff.
[IMGCAP(1)]As the Senate prepares to consider President Barack Obama’s proposal to fix our federal student loan programs, banks are spearheading a last-ditch effort to kill it — with a wink and a
[IMGCAP(1)]One of the most promising innovations is a “smart grid,— a system that allows us to combine energy transmission with real-time communication.
[IMGCAP(1)] During the current economic stimulus dispute, House DemocratsÂ’ objections to a Senate agreement that taxpayers should fund research on clinical effectiveness, rather than cost effectiveness
[IMGCAP(1)] To take one important example, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) recently subpoenaed former Bush White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to testify in the controversy
And they say that Republicans managed to swing the Clinton surplus $1 trillion in the wrong direction, into record deficits, combined with unprecedented foreign borrowing. Or take energy policy.
[IMGCAP(1)] But with the House and Senate still stalled over the 2005 budget resolution — thanks to a clash over whether Congress should add to the soaring federal deficit with additional spending
Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) succeeded in amending that legislation to provide an additional $1 billion for federally mandated election reform.