Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would like to bring the Build Back Better Act to the floor the week of Dec. 13. “As soon as the necessary technical and procedural work with the Senate parliamentarian has been completed … the Senate will take up this legislation,” Schumer told reporters during a press conference last week.
“America is at a historic juncture,” NEA said in its most recent letter to Congress about the bill. “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity—a chance for meaningful action on long-ignored challenges—giving all children a strong start in early education, making child care more affordable, expanding affordable health care coverage, and more.”