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Having already been through a months-long legislative process, the smooth, two-day conference committee was surely a relief for members and staff on the House and Senate education committees. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

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But the debate shaping up in Congress is likely to yield legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that rejects more conservative language in favor of legislation that could end up passing with significant Democratic support. That means conservatives may end up either shooting down the final bill, or watching it pass over their objections. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Education

Conservatives likely to lose education reform battle in Congress

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In this Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Yamarko Brown, age 12, works on math problems as part of a trial run of a new state assessment test at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Education

GOP tries to woo conservatives with tougher education reform bill

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Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, who represents Washington and thus Boeing, just won a guarantee of a vote in June on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that subsidizes U.S. exports, primarily Boeing jets. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

To pass trade bill, Washington senators win June vote on Ex-Im Bank

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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in her office on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Energy and Environment

Senate Dem wants to turn federal agencies into alternative fuel filling stations

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The president's decision to wait until his final two years in office to try to push the two major trade measures over the objections of skeptical Democrats also is weakening his hand, GOP leaders assert. (AP Photo) 
Politics

Democrats give Obama the Bush treatment on trade

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A bill to fund military construction and veterans affairs for fiscal 2016 was expected to sail through the House on Wednesday. (iStock)
Magazine

House will struggle to pass spending bills that adhere to caps

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Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., right, and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, left, speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Magazine

Reid retirement prompts leadership scramble

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From right, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., participate in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, on the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Beltway Confidential

Senators spar over aid to dyslexic students

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Portable funding, also known as
Beltway Confidential

Dems stubbornly refuse to embrace any form of school choice

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