But it is certainly historic that both bills may be taken up and voted on this week, and it is well worth watching for confirmation of the inevitable changes coming to federal education policy.
This case concerns what happens when the Senate refuses to take up-or-down votes on the President's appointments.
The House and the Senate would take up-or-down votes on the package of proposed cuts and savings, but could not amend it.
Yet those who oppose the expensing of options are hoping that the bipartisan nature of the House vote last week will persuade the Senate to circumvent the Banking Committee and take up a vote on the Senate floor after the August recess.
The Senate has passed its own version, but the House declined to take up a vote before it adjourned last month.
The board said it will take up the vote at its next meeting, scheduled for Dec. 10.
"I issued a statement that I thought was pretty clear, but apparently some haven't gotten the message: the House is not going to take up and vote on whatever the Senate passes," he said Thursday morning.
"I issued a statement that I thought was pretty clear, but apparently some haven't gotten the message: the House is not going to take up and vote on whatever the Senate passes.
