All 50 Republican senators refused even to debate the Freedom to Vote Act (S. 2747) shaped by Sen. Joe Machin (D-WV) and a group of moderate Democrats to address shared concerns.
President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are scaling back and refining the Build Back Better Act to win the near-unanimous support of congressional Democrats that is a must-have for passage—the Senate is split 50-50 and the margin in the House is nearly as narrow.
CHEER: Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Patty Murray (D-WA) released FY2022 Department of Education appropriations with historic increases for education that include doubling Title I funding, significantly more for IDEA, and $400 million (an increase of $370 million) for community schools. Tweet this >
CHEER: Reps. Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Chuy García (D-IL), Alma Adams (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Al Lawson (D-FL), Andy Levin (D-MI), and Kathy Manning (D-NC) signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and key committee chairs calling for the Build Back Better Act to include investments that ensure all students have access to “a diverse, well-prepared, and stable educator workforce.”
CHEER: Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) joined NEA members for an online conversation about the Build Back Better Act and what’s happening with higher education in Congress. Tweet this >
CHEER: Reps. John Rutherford (R-FL), Al Lawson (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), and John Katko (R-NY) introduced the bipartisan HELPER Act (H.R. 3172) to honor teachers, firefighters, EMTs, and other first responders by creating a federal home loan program similar to the popular VA home loan program available to our nation’s veterans.Tweet this >
CHEER: Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Nanette Barragán (D-CA) introduced the Latina Equal Pay Day Resolution to acknowledge the disparity in wages paid to Latinas and its larger impact on women, families, and the economy.Tweet this >
