Key Votes
H AMDT 772 - Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Brad Sherman voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 609 - College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005
- H AMDT 772 - Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Amendment
- SB 356 - Definition of Good Cause for Water Right Objections
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Amendment Rejected (House) (200-220) - March 30, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Amendment
Vote to adopt a substitute amendment that lowers student loan interest rates, provides grants to African-American and Hispanic students and a number of other provisions.
- Reduces the fixed rate of student loan interest from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent (Sec. 8).
- $59 million in grants to expand and improve graduate degree opportunities for Hispanics and low-income students (Sec. 13).
- $25 million in grants to assist "predominantly black institutions" to expand an encourage further education opportunities for low and middle-income African-American students (Sec. 5).
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT, WHICH REPLACES THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION WITH A NEW TEXT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
