INTERVIEW – MARY KATHARINE HAM – senior writer at The Federalist, a CNN Contributor and co-author of “End of Discussion”
- TOPICS: DC Voucher Program, Hillary whines about losing and budget battle in Congress
- DC VOUCHER PROGRAM: Congress expected to reauthorize D.C. school vouchers in sweeping budget deal. (Washington Post) — Congress is expected to extend the D.C. school voucher program as part of a bipartisan budget deal this week, a move that follows the release of a new federal analysis showing that some voucher recipients in private schools trailed their public-school counterparts on standardized tests. The legislation would reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which helps 1,100 low-income students attend private schools, through fiscal 2019. The program is the only federally funded effort of its kind.
- BUDGET: Conservatives fume over “complete” spending concession to Democrats
- HILLARY WHINES: Clinton: ‘If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president’
