Last week, House GOP leadership and committees finally put pen to paper and spelled out key elements of their budget bill. The winners: billionaires and corporations. The losers: students and families.
As a whole, the bill represents a historic transfer of wealth from working families to the ultra-rich. To “pay for” tax cuts for billionaires, GOP-led committees repeatedly voted to slash education, health, and nutrition programs for ordinary people: students, seniors, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and more.
The next step is combining the provisions approved last week—and more—in a single bill that the entire House will vote on. GOP leadership acknowledges it will continue to make changes until the bill actually hits the floor, but is adamant—for now—that the vote will be held later this week. Problematic provisions include:
Lastly, this is my final Sunday morning “letter” to you, as I begin a new role at NEA on Monday. Thank you for reading my weekly updates and for the millions—literally millions—of actions you have taken on behalf of America’s students and public schools. Check this space next Sunday for a letter, update, and actions from my colleague Kim Trinca, NEA’s new Government Relations Director.
In solidarity and appreciation,
Marc Egan
Government Relations Director
National Education Association
The GOP is calling for trillions in tax cuts that heavily benefit billionaires—“paid for” with devastating cuts in education, health, and nutrition programs for students, working families, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and more.
Support the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse the March 27 executive order on collective bargaining for educators of military-connected students.
CHEER:Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) reintroduced the Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act (S. 1736/H.R. 3367) to improve training for food service employees in schools. Among other things, the bill would ensure that training occurs during work hours and at no cost—if that’s not possible, employees must be informed in advance and compensated appropriately.
