Teacher aid revived in US Senate
by Rajiv Venkataramanan on Aug 05 2010
A state fiscal aid package once considered dead was revived yesterday when the US Senate voted to send states $16.1 billion to meet Medicaid payments and $10 billion to prevent layoffs of public school teachers.
The bill was resuscitated thanks in part to the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who was able to corral 61 votes on the measure, and a belated push by the White