For the first time in the post-Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay era of Washington politics, Democrats in Congress have to decide if they want to use their new majority status to play hardball. At stake is roughly $10 billion to $15 billion in student financial aid -- enough to send over 2 million kids to…

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