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To: Ish who wrote (344671)	1/18/2003 7:31:02 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 769670

Power shift?: Jewish Democrat out, Jewish Republican in.] Coleman to lead subcommittee that's rich in Senate history, Star Tribune, January 18, 2003 "Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., was named chairman of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Friday, taking control of a panel that has launched many political careers and provided some of the most dramatic moments in Senate history. 'This is the premier investigative subcommittee in all of Congress,' said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate's Governmental Relations Committee, who appointed Coleman ... 'It's a wonderful venue, because it really is a license to investigate just about anything,' said Donald Ritchie, associate historian with the Senate Historical Office. Collins said it was 'a tribute to his talent' that Coleman was given the job in his first year. She noted that it has often been headed by members of Congress with decades of experience: Coleman's predecessor, Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, was elected to the Senate in 1978. Collins, the last Republican to head the panel, said that Coleman will have 'the strongest subpoena power in the entire Senate' ... Coleman, 53, the 10th senator to lead the subcommittee, will replace Levin, the panel's chairman since 2001. Levin lost the position because Republicans took control of the Senate in the November elections. That change in part resulted from Coleman's victory over Democrat Walter Mondale, the former vice president."

To: Ish who wrote (344671)	1/18/2003 9:35:18 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I have never seen a proposal where the individual taxpayer gets to decide where his money goes. Even with vouchers it is the parents of the kids who decide where the voucher money goes. You also changed the subject somewhat. What happens to the low income kid who has no $ to supplement vouchers? The voucher $ is not enough to pay their tuition. A scholarship is not guaranteed. A scholarship would be like a stop gap measure. It is a pretty incomplete solution. And even that does little to create a situation where, in Bush's words, "no child gets left behind". Vouchers will hurt inner city schools. Those kids WILL get left behind.