The Build Back Better Act is heading for the floor this week, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). “That is our plan to pass the bill the week of November 15,” she said at a news conference during the United Nations Climate Chance Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
NEA President Becky Pringle stressed the need to pass federal voting rights legislation at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s second National Racial Equity Initiative for Social Justice Summit, held virtually earlier this month.
CHEER: Republican Reps. Don Bacon (NE), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Andrew Gabarino (NY), Anthony Gonzalez (OH), John Katko (NY), Adam Kinzinger (IL), Nicole Malliotakis (NY), David McKinley (WV), Tom Reed (NY), Chris Smith (NJ), Fred Upton (MI), Jeff Van Drew (NJ), and Don Young (AK) voted for the bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act.Tweet this >
CHEER: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) ensured that the bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act reauthorizes the Secure Rural Schools Program and eliminates the 5 percent annual reduction in the payments.Tweet this >