Pell Grants

Under George W. Bush, even the student loan program has been cut significantly, and eligibility for grants to low-income students -- called Pell Grants -- has decreased dramatically; in 2004 alone, for example, Bush cut eighty thousand students off the eligibility list for Pell Grants.

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Since I've been President we have increased the number and the amount of the Pell Grants, which is the scholarship the federal government gives to the poorest students.

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Yet during the debt ceiling negotiations, House Republicans made it all too clear that this vital program for middle-class families is on its hit list, pushing drastic cuts and referring to Pell Grants as "welfare" for our kids.

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The president clearly stated that the savings would go to double Pell Grants, which is free money for the poorest students, and inject money into the community college system.

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Asked in an interview in 1996 how the programs came to be known as the Pell Grants, he wisecracked: "Because there was no Senator Beog!"

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But Obama is expected to fight to preserve funding for programs such as Pell Grants, biotechnology research and a high-speed rail system now being developed with stimulus funds, as crucial to the country's revival.

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But Obama is expected to fight to preserve funding for programs such as Pell Grants, biotechnology research and a high-speed rail system, now being developed with stimulus funds, as crucial to the country's revival.

Reducing the deficit and growing the economy will be the hot topics in 2011 Shailagh Murray 2011

For-profits are masters at tapping government programs, such as Pell Grants and subsidized student loans, to help students pay their bills.

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For-profits are masters at tapping government programs, such as Pell Grants and subsidized student loans, to help students pay their bills.

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As part of the health-care legislation passed in March, Congress approved a student-loan overhaul that replaces private lenders with the federal Department of Education and redirects some $60 billion to community colleges and programs such as Pell Grants, which are college loans for the needy.

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