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doubt the white house s plan will do much. we have seen federal intervention in education grow exponentially over the past half century, and we have seen very little, if anything, in the way of academic improvement as a result. and bret, there is a pretty interesting political angle to this story. among the people who are really happy to see the white house reach out this way is former secretary clinton because, you see, she needs the support of the teachers union and they ve been pushing for less and less testing, and a white house which until this point showed very little interest in backing down. kevin corke on the north lawn. kevin, thank you. in tonight s regulation nation report, the latest salvo in the war on coal. president obama s epa has new rules that could result in big changes, good or bad, depending on your perspective. here s chief legal correspondent shanna breen.
good evening. house republicans are meeting this hour and are expected to meet again tomorrow morning to discuss the outline of the plan to see if they can rally up enough support to get some thorny issues off the agenda as the house is expected to transition to a new speaker. the package was negotiated by members of the white house with the top four congressional leaders, top speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and democratic leader harry reid. the senate leader talked cautiously earlier this afternoon. in the meantime, we also know that fiscal negotiations are ongoing as the details come in, and especially if an agreement is reached, intend to consult and discuss the detail with our colleagues. it s past time that we do away with the harmful, draconian sequester cuts. we must also ensure that there is equal defense and non-defense cuts or increases. congressional sources say they re closing in on a two-year budget package which would raise the debt ceiling from next
reporter: still, critics doubt the white house s plan will do much. we have seen federal intervention in education grow exponentially over the past half century, and we have seen very little, if anything, in the way of academic improvement as a result. and bret, there is a pretty interesting political angle to this story. among the people who are really happy to see the white house reach out this way is former secretary clinton because, you see, she needs the support of the teachers union and they ve been pushing for less and less testing, and a white house which until this point showed very little interest in backing down. kevin corke on the north lawn. kevin, thank you. in tonight s regulation nation report, the latest salvo in the war on coal. president obama s epa has new rules that could result in big changes, good or bad, depending on your perspective. here s chief legal correspondent shanna breen.
good evening. house republicans are meeting this hour and are expected to meet again tomorrow morning to discuss the outline of the plan to see if they can rally up enough support to get some thorny issues off the agenda as the house is expected to transition to a new speaker. the package was negotiated by members of the white house with the top four congressional leaders, top speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and democratic leader harry reid. the senate leader talked cautiously earlier this afternoon. in the meantime, we also know that fiscal negotiations are ongoing as the details come in, and especially if an agreement is reached, intend to consult and discuss the detail with our colleagues. it s past time that we do away with the harmful, draconian sequester cuts. we must also ensure that there is equal defense and non-defense cuts or increases. congressional sources say they re closing in on a two-year budget package which would raise the debt ceiling from next