You're incorrect on calling me incorrect.
"The Speaker is responsible for ensuring that the House passes legislation supported by the majority party. In pursuing this goal, the Speaker may use his or her power to determine when each bill reaches the floor."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
Please, people. Learn your civics.
Your link says:
218 Republicans voted for, 159 Democrats voted against.
So a few Democrats and Republicans breaking ranks does not make this bipartisan. Clearly this is a deeply partisan issue.
You also forget to mention that not one single bill can be voted on unless the Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner, says it can be voted on.
So, how is this bipartisan again? It was a Republican bill, passed with a Republican majority. Welcome to politics.
The Republicans, who currently hold a majority in the US House, are the ones who voted to strip the science funding.
Saying "Congress" makes it sound bipartisan. It's only the Republicans.
You're proving my point.
ACs can be quite funny sometimes.
An iPad's value isn't in its hardware specs. It's in the way that it works both with hardware and software and ecosystem.
Yeah, man... puff puff pass, k?
There is nothing that providing a laptop per child affords that can't be accomplished through classroom media presentation devices (computer & projector) and a good school computer lab.
Homework. Many poorer kids do not have a computer at home, and a smartphone is terrible for writing papers and research. The laptop/tablet is also locked down so distractions are kept to a minimum.
These devices will only be a distraction and huge expense for families and schools as millions of them are broken every year.
Hyperbole. Citation needed. Yesterday's article about iPads in Coachella said district-wide there were less than 10 lost or stolen. How does that scale up to millions?
Not only that, jailbreaking the device and installing anything else besides school-approved software would likely get the child disciplined. This is true of both iPad and Chromebook.
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