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Federal Aid to Education Passes Senate, 58 to 15

WASHINGTON LPA After battering down a series of amendments, the bipartisan bill authorizing $300,000,000 from federal funds to the states for education was passed last week by the Senate, 58 to 15. Only three Democrats and 12 Republicans were present and voting against the measure. Two additional Democrats and two Republicans were on the "no" side of pairs when the vote was tallied.

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required to spend out of its own funds at least 50% per year for schools. The bill now goes to the House Labor and Public Welfare committee, which is unlikely to hold hearings until late summer or fall at the earliest. The bill was bottled up in that committee in the last Congress when Chairman John Lesinski (D-Mich) loaded it with amendments that hn can Iod lihetetud t hn