Federal File
Sen. James M. Jeffords, R-Vt., raised a few eyebrows among education lobbyists when he traded his seat on the committee that gives federal money away for the one that decides how the government will collect taxes.
The Senate's most liberal Republican had spent years trumpeting his plan for major increases in federal education spending. Without a seat at the table when annual appropriations are decided, he might lose his chance to promote one of his...
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