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S. 1762 - Higher Education Access Act of 2007

Higher education. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 602 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (S. Con. Res. 21). (by CRS) 
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The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

Higher Education Access Act of 2007

S. 1762 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 602 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (S. Con. Res. 21). (by CRS)
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Title
An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 602 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (S. Con. Res. 21).
Other Titles
  • Higher Education Access Act of 2007
  • Higher Education Access Act of 2007
Sponsor
Edward Kennedy
Co-Sponsors
    Subjects
    • Higher education
    • Armed forces
    • Auctions
    • Authorization
    • Budgets
    • Collection of accounts
    • College costs
    • Compensatory education
    • Criminal justice
    • Curricula
    • Debt
    • Debtor and creditor
    • Defense policy
    • Drug abuse
    • Economic policy
    • Education
    • Education of the disadvantaged
    • Education savings accounts
    • Educational counseling
    • Families
    • Federal aid to education
    • Federally-guaranteed loans
    • Fees
    • Finance
    • Financial planning
    • Financial services
    • Foster home care
    • Government lending
    • Guardian and ward
    • Homeless
    • Income
    • Interest
    • Interest rates
    • Job training
    • Labor
    • Loan defaults
    • Military operations
    • Military pay
    • Military personnel
    • National Guard
    • Nonprofit organizations
    • Performance measurement
    • Personal budgets
    • Public service employment
    • Scholarships
    • Social services
    • Student employment
    • Student loan funds
    • Unemployment
    • Welfare
    Related Bills
    Major Actions
    Introduced7/10/2007
    Referred to Committee
    Bill History

    There have been no votes on this bill.

    ActionDateDescription
    Introduced7/10/2007
    7/10/2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy. Without written report.
    Put on a legislative calendar7/10/2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266.
    NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

    Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

    supported this bill

    Schools & colleges [About]
    Teachers unions [About]
    Welfare & Social Work [About]
    184% more
    $984,365
    $530,955
    $6,783,077
    $8,298,397
    $2,916,896
    $2,916,896
    Banks & lending institutions [About]
    4 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones
    4 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    Higher Education Access Act of 2007

    4 organizations supported this bill

    American Council on Education
    (n.d.). Letter to the Senate. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Council of Graduate Schools
    (n.d.). Letter to Senator. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Association of Social Workers
    (n.d.). Support Loan Forgiveness for Social Workers!!. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Education Association
    (n.d.). Letter to the U.S. Senate. Retrieved n.d., from .

    1 organization opposed this bill

    Consumer Bankers Association
    (n.d.). Kennedy Releases Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill. Retrieved n.d., from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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    Contributions by Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported    		$ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Daniel K. AkakaDHI$41,500$4,000
    Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$120,950$51,200
    Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$-1,500
    John BarrassoRWY$13,500$5,700
    Max BaucusDMT$54,788$9,600
    Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$113,778$24,200
    Bob BennettRUT$11,050$13,250
    Joe BidenDDE$73,075$20,950
    Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$45,632$21,299
    Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$43,400$66,625
    Barbara BoxerDCA$177,185$6,700
    Sherrod BrownDOH$269,520$15,275
    Sam BrownbackRKS$2,450$17,010
    Jim BunningRKY$17,350$29,500
    Richard BurrRNC$55,125$14,585
    Robert ByrdDWV$58,050$40,000
    Maria CantwellDWA$177,128$17,850
    Ben CardinDMD$168,154$18,250
    Tom CarperDDE$38,245$28,120
    Bob CaseyDPA$232,635$23,600
    Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$42,168$98,125
    Hillary ClintonDNY$671,328$41,010
    Tom CoburnROK$13,175$13,700
    William Thad CochranRMS$18,350$15,400
    Norm ColemanRMN$44,860$97,650
    Susan CollinsRME$44,650$32,400
    Gaylord Kent ConradDND$52,317$15,250
    Bob CorkerRTN$91,875$133,875
    John CornynRTX$64,600$72,600
    Larry CraigRID$250$0
    Mike CrapoRID$1,250$4,274
    Jim DeMintRSC$21,001$20,428
    Chris DoddDCT$91,550$14,500
    Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$86,782$52,152
    Pete DomeniciRNM$13,800$19,000
    Byron DorganDND$59,560$2,000
    Dick DurbinDIL$198,450$35,750
    John EnsignRNV$9,700$20,500
    Mike EnziRWY$11,000$12,600
    Russ FeingoldDWI$275,995$11,500
    Dianne FeinsteinDCA$76,515$16,950
    Lindsey GrahamRSC$31,150$18,263
    Chuck GrassleyRIA$21,825$10,950
    Judd GreggRNH$27,500$5,250
    Chuck HagelRNE$5,000$4,400
    Tom HarkinDIA$130,400$11,150
    Orrin HatchRUT$25,455$17,400
    Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$58,700$111,850
    Jim InhofeROK$6,270$46,075
    Dan InouyeDHI$70,950$6,000
    Johnny IsaksonRGA$42,850$98,183
    Tim JohnsonDSD$41,800$70,804
    Ted KennedyDMA$173,700$15,600
    John KerryDMA$62,719$4,750
    Amy KlobucharDMN$143,400$21,050
    Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    Jon KylRAZ$55,020$75,375
    Mary LandrieuDLA$115,722$21,950
    Frank LautenbergDNJ$69,950$8,600
    Patrick LeahyDVT$24,900$450
    Carl LevinDMI$131,900$7,250
    Joe LiebermanICT$136,675$71,800
    Blanche LincolnDAR$64,525$32,100
    Chester Trent LottRMS$2,000$21,850
    Dick LugarRIN$71,801$26,475
    Mel MartinezRFL$26,750$79,302
    John McCainRAZ$12,400$3,950
    Claire McCaskillDMO$189,809$21,280
    Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$93,325$88,050
    Bob MenéndezDNJ$129,136$27,150
    Barbara MikulskiDMD$112,875$21,250
    Lisa MurkowskiRAK$14,800$13,800
    Patty MurrayDWA$125,350$15,050
    Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$58,128$54,650
    Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$108,240$51,099
    Barack ObamaDIL$413,746$52,800
    Mark PryorDAR$33,850$32,700
    John "Jack" ReedDRI$58,965$18,900
    Harry ReidDNV$108,700$9,050
    Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$17,800$78,350
    John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$92,550$8,750
    Ken SalazarDCO$141,496$22,050
    Bernie SandersIVT$106,286$0
    Chuck SchumerDNY$73,800$42,350
    Jeff SessionsRAL$48,050$33,450
    Richard ShelbyRAL$53,700$39,450
    Gordon SmithROR$39,050$22,850
    Olympia SnoweRME$32,203$18,270
    Arlen SpecterDPA$356,049$32,000
    Debbie StabenowDMI$207,211$24,280
    Ted StevensRAK$30,650$10,750
    John SununuRNH$17,650$10,000
    Jon TesterDMT$90,100$2,670
    John ThuneRSD$59,925$104,157
    David VitterRLA$46,200$52,785
    George VoinovichROH$32,953$24,900
    John WarnerRVA$0$0
    Jim WebbDVA$128,797$5,950
    Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$75,150$21,900
    Ron WydenDOR$45,800$9,500

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    		NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported    		$ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    		Daniel K. AkakaDHI$41,500$4,000
    		Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$120,950$51,200
    		Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$-1,500
    		John BarrassoRWY$13,500$5,700
    		Max BaucusDMT$54,788$9,600
    		Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$113,778$24,200
    		Bob BennettRUT$11,050$13,250
    		Joe BidenDDE$73,075$20,950
    		Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$45,632$21,299
    		Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$43,400$66,625
    		Barbara BoxerDCA$177,185$6,700
    		Sherrod BrownDOH$269,520$15,275
    		Sam BrownbackRKS$2,450$17,010
    		Jim BunningRKY$17,350$29,500
    		Richard BurrRNC$55,125$14,585
    		Robert ByrdDWV$58,050$40,000
    		Maria CantwellDWA$177,128$17,850
    		Ben CardinDMD$168,154$18,250
    		Tom CarperDDE$38,245$28,120
    		Bob CaseyDPA$232,635$23,600
    		Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$42,168$98,125
    		Hillary ClintonDNY$671,328$41,010
    		Tom CoburnROK$13,175$13,700
    		William Thad CochranRMS$18,350$15,400
    		Norm ColemanRMN$44,860$97,650
    		Susan CollinsRME$44,650$32,400
    		Gaylord Kent ConradDND$52,317$15,250
    		Bob CorkerRTN$91,875$133,875
    		John CornynRTX$64,600$72,600
    		Larry CraigRID$250$0
    		Mike CrapoRID$1,250$4,274
    		Jim DeMintRSC$21,001$20,428
    		Chris DoddDCT$91,550$14,500
    		Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$86,782$52,152
    		Pete DomeniciRNM$13,800$19,000
    		Byron DorganDND$59,560$2,000
    		Dick DurbinDIL$198,450$35,750
    		John EnsignRNV$9,700$20,500
    		Mike EnziRWY$11,000$12,600
    		Russ FeingoldDWI$275,995$11,500
    		Dianne FeinsteinDCA$76,515$16,950
    		Lindsey GrahamRSC$31,150$18,263
    		Chuck GrassleyRIA$21,825$10,950
    		Judd GreggRNH$27,500$5,250
    		Chuck HagelRNE$5,000$4,400
    		Tom HarkinDIA$130,400$11,150
    		Orrin HatchRUT$25,455$17,400
    		Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$58,700$111,850
    		Jim InhofeROK$6,270$46,075
    		Dan InouyeDHI$70,950$6,000
    		Johnny IsaksonRGA$42,850$98,183
    		Tim JohnsonDSD$41,800$70,804
    		Ted KennedyDMA$173,700$15,600
    		John KerryDMA$62,719$4,750
    		Amy KlobucharDMN$143,400$21,050
    		Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    		Jon KylRAZ$55,020$75,375
    		Mary LandrieuDLA$115,722$21,950
    		Frank LautenbergDNJ$69,950$8,600
    		Patrick LeahyDVT$24,900$450
    		Carl LevinDMI$131,900$7,250
    		Joe LiebermanICT$136,675$71,800
    		Blanche LincolnDAR$64,525$32,100
    		Chester Trent LottRMS$2,000$21,850
    		Dick LugarRIN$71,801$26,475
    		Mel MartinezRFL$26,750$79,302
    		John McCainRAZ$12,400$3,950
    		Claire McCaskillDMO$189,809$21,280
    		Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$93,325$88,050
    		Bob MenéndezDNJ$129,136$27,150
    		Barbara MikulskiDMD$112,875$21,250
    		Lisa MurkowskiRAK$14,800$13,800
    		Patty MurrayDWA$125,350$15,050
    		Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$58,128$54,650
    		Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$108,240$51,099
    		Barack ObamaDIL$413,746$52,800
    		Mark PryorDAR$33,850$32,700
    		John "Jack" ReedDRI$58,965$18,900
    		Harry ReidDNV$108,700$9,050
    		Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$17,800$78,350
    		John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$92,550$8,750
    		Ken SalazarDCO$141,496$22,050
    		Bernie SandersIVT$106,286$0
    		Chuck SchumerDNY$73,800$42,350
    		Jeff SessionsRAL$48,050$33,450
    		Richard ShelbyRAL$53,700$39,450
    		Gordon SmithROR$39,050$22,850
    		Olympia SnoweRME$32,203$18,270
    		Arlen SpecterDPA$356,049$32,000
    		Debbie StabenowDMI$207,211$24,280
    		Ted StevensRAK$30,650$10,750
    		John SununuRNH$17,650$10,000
    		Jon TesterDMT$90,100$2,670
    		John ThuneRSD$59,925$104,157
    		David VitterRLA$46,200$52,785
    		George VoinovichROH$32,953$24,900
    		John WarnerRVA$0$0
    		Jim WebbDVA$128,797$5,950
    		Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$75,150$21,900
    		Ron WydenDOR$45,800$9,500

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    		$ Donated
    		Schools & colleges$6,783,077
    		Teachers unions$984,365
    		Welfare & Social Work$530,955

    Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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    		$ Donated
    		Banks & lending institutions$2,916,896
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