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Summer 2007
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  Sarah Clader
REVERSING THE RAID ON STUDENT AID—Student PIRG leader, and Rutgers University student Sarah Clader speaks with congressional supporters of student aid. The House of Representatives went on to pass a NMPIRG-backed bill to cut student loan interest rates.


 

House Votes To Increase Student Aid
In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House voted to lower interest rates on student loans for low- and middle-income families by cutting billions of dollars in subsidies to private banks.

Cutting Excessive Subsidies To Oil And Gas Companies
Taking a step in the right direction on clean energy, on Jan. 18 the U.S. House approved the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007.

 


 

House Moves To Harness Medicare’s Buying Power

TJX Data Breach: Need For ID Theft Reform

Local Campaigns Defend Public Transit Alternatives

EPA Weakens Toxics Right-To-Know Protections

 

First Steps On Curbing Congressional Corruption

 

NMPIRG Citizen UPDATE
summer 2007
Vol. 33, No. 2

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