Critics, Activists Await Congressional Vote On DREAM Act

This week the U.S. Congress votes on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors bill, or DREAM Act. Host Michel Martin talks with NPR education correspondent, Claudio Sanchez, about the topic. The legislation would permit students meeting certain guidelines to enroll in college although they are not legal U.S. residents. Opposition to the bill is profound, but advocates say the act is beneficial to the students and the colleges they attend.

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'Mad As Hell': Behind a Political-Season Refrain

Over the past several months Carl Paladino, the winner of New York's Republican primary for governor — and a Tea Party favorite — invoked a theme that prompted wild cheers from his supporters: "I'm as mad as hell."

And he's not the only one who's "not going to take it anymore." Earlier this month, Fox News contributor Monica Crowley said, "We are mad as hell because since the Democrats took the White House and the Congress, we have awakened to some new horror."

And all this "mad" talk isn't confined to the right side of the political arena. Liberal commentator Jamie Court is "mad as hell" too, "and I don't think any of us should have to take it again."

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