The U.S. Senate rejected an amendment for private school vouchers by a 58-41 vote. Most Jewish groups were pleased by the defeat of a $50 million pilot voucher program for students of low-income parents, saying it would have drained money from the public school system, but Orthodox Jews expressed disappointment.
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