GOP Signals Platform Shift On Education
A proposed platform drafted for this week's Republican National Convention would drop the party's 1996 call for eliminating the Department of Education, even while vowing to "test the department and each of its programs."
The document, which was subject
to revision over the weekend before being submitted to the GOP
delegates, reflected the more moderate stance on school issues taken by
the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Gov. George W. Bush of
Texas.
Its release late last week came as Democrats were hammering Mr. Bush's designated vice presidential running mate, former Secretary of Defense and U.S. Rep. Richard B. Cheney, for his conservative record on education and other issues as a member of Congress—including his 1979 vote against...
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