Gregg Leaving Chairmanship of Senate Education Panel

Sen. Judd Gregg, the New Hampshire Republican who played a central role in negotiating adoption of the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act, announced last week that he would step down as the chairman of the Senate panel that oversees education policy. Instead, he’ll take up the Budget Committee’s gavel.

Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., was widely expected to succeed Mr. Gregg as the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

At a Nov. 10 press conference in Washington, Sen. Gregg cited in part his keen interest in “maintaining fiscal responsibility” and “reducing the deficit” in the federal budget as...