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Two U.S. senators plan to revise the federal Higher Education Act to make it ready for re-authorization. Should we find that reassuring? The senators, Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Patti Murray (D-Washington), don't tell us who will be writing or paying for the drafting of this mammoth bill — just as they didn't tell us who wrote or paid for the 1,000-page re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Two U.S. senators plan to revise the federal Higher Education Act to make it ready for re-authorization. Should we find that reassuring? The senators, Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Patti Murray (D-Washington), don't tell us who will be writing or paying for the drafting of this mammoth bill — just as they didn't tell us who wrote or paid for the 1,000-page re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.…