Senate and House clash over budget and Bush tax cuts
The House backed a five year budget plan raising 683 billion in taxes to balance the budget by 2010 while expiring Bush tax cuts. The Senate rejected extending some cuts for low income workers and families and voted to extend others for middle and high income groups. Presidential contenders McCain Clinton and Obama framed votes as tax policy tests amid a high stake budget debate.
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Presidential math panel urges focus on basics and fractions
A U S presidential panel appointed by President Bush recommends schools sharpen fundamentals in math, stressing addition, multiplication, fractions and early geometry to boost algebra readiness and long term outcomes. It cites fractions as a major obstacle and calls for deeper study of whole numbers geometry and measurement.
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