Congress/legislation

NEH would receive $143 million and NEA $131 million in 2006, up $5 million each.

U.S. House rejects amendment that would have undermined year-old Treasury Department rules.

Republican leader proposes giving borrowers a choice of fixed or variable interest rates, but plan offers few details.

House GOP leaders and Bush administration agree to end 9.5% rate for some loans -- belatedly, Democrats say.

Debate is intense over for-profit colleges, but decisions on many issues are forestalled.

As they waited Thursday morning for the House of Representatives higher education subcommittee to vote on legislation to extend the Higher Education Act, lobbyists for for-profit and nonprofit colleges had strikingly different answers to the simple question "How are things going?"

Bruce D. Leftwich, vice president for government relations at the Career College Association, responded with an enthusiastic "Great, great." David S. Baime, who plays the same role for the American Association of Community Colleges, offered an uncertain "I have no idea."

Appropriations panel backs plan to raise NIH spending by $1 billion but keep maximum Pell Grant at $4,050.

Federal costs would balloon and efficiency would erode if either student loan program vanished, a study finds.

In wide-ranging session, House committee confronts Horowitz, Title IX and 'anti-American activity.'

House panel votes to impose cuts on lenders but makes advocates for students unhappy, too.