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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Never. Poor kids can get financial aid. DC is broke and isn't going to spend more money to subsidize upper middle class kids' college degrees [/quote]

It's federal money so it doesn't cost DC anything.

In 2021 Eleanor Holmes Norton succeeded in getting the House to pass an expanded program. But, that language was stripped by the Senate. Expanding DC TAG is normally one of Norton's priorities so I am sure she will keep trying. This year she may be distracted with the RFK transfer. You can read the discussion about Norton's previous attempt here:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/990354.page

I am not sure if she did anything with regard to DC TAG last year. If she did, I didn't hear about it.
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Why does DC allow it to get stripped by the Senate? Where’s the political saavy of all the DC residents with an interest in this? [/quote]

It's true that the two Senators from DC failed to do their job. It's almost as if they've gone missing. I can't find them anywhere.

I'm so glad  that this forum has attracted political geniuses such as yourself.
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If DC can lobby to get RFK back it can lobby for TAG. If DC can make national headlines for local residents organizing a recall, we can organize for TAG. [/quote]

Well get busy lobbying. Don't expect everyone else to do the work for you. If you think that it is that easy, get it done.

I have two kids in college so DC TAG is an important issue to me. If you are comparing DC TAG to RFK or recalls, you clearly have no understanding of the politics of the program. How do you think it sounds to people in Iowa when they hear that DC students are getting federal scholarships? Is doesn't play well. The last thing we want is national headlines about it.

Take some time to research what happened with Norton's last effort. Nobody had any warning that the increased funding would be scraped. It literally was in the dark of night. The DC appropriations bill got jammed in to the omnibus spending bill that had to be passed to keep the government open. By the time we found out about it, it was too late. 
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