The Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, stalled in Congress for many years, appears to be at last about to move. An extract from today’s Congress Daily PM:

The House today moved toward overwhelming bipartisan pproval of a five-year reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which is designed to hold colleges more accountable for tuition hikes, streamline and bolster student loan programs, and crack down on sweetheart deals between lenders and schools. The way was cleared for debate and final passage of the bill when lawmakers voted 214-190 along party lines to approve a rule locking consideration of a slew of Republican amendments.
Those amendments would cut off aid to schools that ban military recruiters and would bar student aid to illegal immigrants. An amendment also would establish a “students’ bill of rights” to guarantee free speech on campuses.