The Modesto Bee

Steven Hill of the New America Foundation, examining data from the one Washington legislative election cycle in which it was operational, concluded that it had very little effect and "in terms of electing more moderates, the Washington elections were a ...

said Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "Policymakers simply must put together a plan to assure the nation's ...

Still, his tax policy is too crucial a Democratic centerpiece to abandon, so look for it to be sold as a new economic stimulus, said Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan research group. LINK

Maya MacGuineas, the president of the bipartisan Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, said in a statement that both candidates "are promising hundreds of billions more in spending and tax cuts than they are paying for." LINK

...Since coming into existence in 1906, the NCAA has struggled with its basic charter -- identifying and maintaining the correct balance between athletics and academics.

In recent years, the NCAA has established the Academic Progress Rate (APR), which creates a baseline measurement of retention and graduation rates its member schools must meet or risk the forfeiture of scholarships.

One might question the logic of taking away scholarships from underachieving athletic programs, but that's another matter.