President Bush's fiscal 2007 budget proposal calls for ending the Perkins Loan program altogether.

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But the small Perkins Loan Program, which helps lower-income and lower middle-income students, was spared.

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In our current budget, we are calling for mandatory increases in Pell Grant programs to keep up with inflation, improvements in the Perkins Loan Program.

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