Student aid linked to health care gets a trim (AP)

From left, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif, Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Calif., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-NY and Rep. Pedro Pierluisi, D-PR, are seen before announcing their support, along with other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, for the health care reform bill on Thursday, March 18, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation.


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