Congressman John Kline, the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, repeated the Republicans' view that the Democrat-proposed legislation amounts to a government takeover.

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As for the Capitol Hill handout, Rachel Racusen, a spokeswoman for the House Committee on Education and Labor, says it's a non-issue.

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Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the powerful head of the House Committee on Education and Labor, says that's the heart of the problem.

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The top Republican on the House education and labor committee, Rep. John Klein, R-Minnesota, expressed concern that tools to help students at struggling schools, such as tutoring, would move from required to optional.

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