{"id":9122,"date":"2011-04-01T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=9122"},"modified":"2011-04-01T17:24:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T21:24:05","slug":"speaker-boehner-dont-sacrifice-defunding-of-gainful-employment-rule-in-housesenate-budget-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/9122\/speaker-boehner-dont-sacrifice-defunding-of-gainful-employment-rule-in-housesenate-budget-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Boehner:  Don&#8217;t Sacrifice Amendment Defunding &#8220;Gainful Employment Rule&#8221; in House\/Senate Budget Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the House and Senate enter <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/153191-boehner-to-gop-freshmen-no-number-yet-in-budget-talks\" target=\"_blank\">budget negotiations<\/a>, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor must not sacrifice the <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/8674\/congress-may-be-putting-an-end-to-%E2%80%9Ccollegegate%E2%80%9D\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kline Amendment<\/a> de-funding the Obama Education Department&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Gainful Employment Rule&#8221; on the altar of false compromise.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/8050\/video-obamas-plan-to-make-college-more-expensive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gainful Employment Rule<\/a>, which sets arbitrary bureaucratic formulas for federal student loan repayment, is a transparent attempt by the Obama Administration to cripple private career colleges.\u00a0 And the tale of its creation is a long, sordid one.\u00a0 First, there were <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/7836\/senators-coburn-burr-demand-investigation-into-obama-education-department-attack-on-for-profit-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\">allegations of insider trading<\/a> between Education Department officials and short-sellers with a financial interest in seeing career colleges&#8217; stock prices fall.\u00a0 Then, the the Government Accountability Office (GAO) had its sting operation against career colleges <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/7947\/climategate-part-ii-obamas-gao-admits-error-in-targeting-for-profit-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\">exposed as defective<\/a>, ultimately forcing its retraction.\u00a0 These allegations are serious enough that separate investigations were commenced in the Senate and House.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives voted to de-fund any enforcement of the Gainful Employment Rule in budget bill H.R. 1.\u00a0 In an era of intense party acrimony, the fact that opposition to the Gainful Employment Rule attracted strong bipartisan agreement speaks volumes.\u00a0 Now, it&#8217;s a matter of Speaker Boehner holding strong on de-funding implementation of the rule, rather than offering it as &#8220;trade bait&#8221; to Senate Democrats.\u00a0 Please don&#8217;t allow the Kline Amendment de-funding the Gainful Employment Rule to become a casualty of politics as usual, Speaker Boehner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the House and Senate enter budget negotiations, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor must not sacrifice the Kline Amendment de-funding the Obama Education Department&#8217;s so-called &#8220;Gainful Employment Rule&#8221; on the altar of false compromise. 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