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In a victory for House Speaker John Boehner, the House passed his bill reinstating the DC opportunity scholarship program over determined Democratic opposition and nine Republican defections. The White House has said it opposes the measure, but has also stopped short of issuing a veto threat. Boehner, naturally, fought back tears.
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Paul McGrath| 3.30.11 @ 6:51PM
I know it sounds rather simplistic but unless this guy stops bawling every time he makes a speech, he's going to put a dent in the conservative movement. He needs to act serious and focused at least; at best, he needs to be a tough guy like Christie. The constant blubbering can't help but keep the undecided, well, undecided.
Alan Brooks| 3.30.11 @ 9:06PM
Vouchers, private schools, are all to the good. Yet education will be even more expensive in the future-- look in the mirror to see who pays for it.
LiveFreeOrDie| 3.31.11 @ 1:16PM
AB we agree on something, how about that? Well, partially at least. Education doesn't have to be more expensive in the future. A huge percentage of the available funds are wasted.
White Coats| 3.30.11 @ 6:58PM
Better is a man who cries than a man who s!@#s all over the Constitution.
tonypal| 3.30.11 @ 9:50PM
The beauty of private school vouchers is the issue has already been adjudicated. During my third year of law school, I wrote a thirty page article detailing the line of case law. The Supreme Court has consistently held that tax dollars can be used to fund sectarian schools, under certain conditions which are fairly easy to satisfy.
If anyone's interested, read Zelman v Simmons-Harris (2002). I would suggest you read Justice Thomas' concurring opinion before Justice O'Connor's majority opinion. If you do it in reverse, your mind will have been liquefied by O'Connor's tortured rendering of what is know as the "Lemon Test."
Private school vouchers accomplish so many different things. Perhaps the most important is the introduction of the heretofore bizarre concept of competition into the realm of education. But almost as important is the side benefit, the absolute destruction of the Democrat party's biggest source of funding, the teacher's unions. The competition aspect warms my heart; the union aspect makes me laugh out loud.
Warrior | 3.30.11 @ 10:00PM
Which enumerated power calls for our tax money to subsidize the education of a small group of people? Again, let the RINO's prove they can push for entitlements just as much as the liberal counterparts.
tonypal| 3.31.11 @ 10:25AM
Huh? Who is subsidizing anyone? It's really quite simple, with the idea being parents ought to be able to use taxpayer dollars (in other words, their money) to send their children to the school of their choosing. That seems to be exactly what the Constitution and the idea of liberty is all about. Again, I strongly recommend you read Justice Thomas' opinion in Zelman v Simmons-Harris.
PCC| 3.31.11 @ 2:15AM
The Weeper of the House strikes again!
mzk1| 3.31.11 @ 12:48PM
Regarding the crying, I can just tell you that there are some men who are naturally emotional, to whom tears come easy. (I'm that way myself.) It doesn't mean he's faking.
mzk1| 3.31.11 @ 12:49PM
What enumerated power? I believe the bhit that holds the federal government repsonsible for the district. Otherwise, what give them the right to have schools at all?
Wayne | 3.31.11 @ 1:56PM
How about a nation wide school voucher program?
PattyMor| 3.31.11 @ 3:23PM
As long as we're going to p--ss the money away, we might as well spend it on something that does some good. I know it isn't constitutional, but at least the kids will get educated.
Warrior | 3.31.11 @ 3:38PM
So it's okay to ignore the Constitution when we feel it is something we believe in? Letting these children got to school on vouchers is the taxpayers using their own money? And I suppose dropping bombs and killing opponents in Libya is not an act of war. I had to make sure I wasn't on Kos or Huffpo.
Anyone...what enumerated power allows the federal government to be involved in any childs education in any of the 50 States?
Oldefarte| 3.31.11 @ 4:14PM
Vouchers are sadly an end run around the problem of the decrepit state of our public educational system. To repair same, the following is needed: [1]eliminate teacher labor unions [2] triple the salaries of QUALIFIED teachers, and fire the UNQUALIFIED ones [3] install a qualified teacher in the front of every classroom, and an 350 MONITOR with a Louisville Slugger baseball bat in the rear of every classroom [4] link/tie school attendance requirements by students to governmental welfare assistance qualifications by their relatives [5] eliminate the federal department of education and return school administration to the individual states [6] eliminate all underwater basket weaving type courses and simply require the instructions of READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC [7] maintain grade by grade testing and eliminate social-grade promotion!!!!!