On May 1, as part of a national day of action, NEA leaders and Board members gathered near the White House. They called for dignity, justice, and public investment in our lives—not in billionaires’ profit margins. Also last week, NEA Board members met with members of Congress and their staffs to discuss legislation, especially […]

  The House will spend the next few weeks grappling with the details of the GOP’s reconciliation bill—the legislative vehicle to enact more tax cuts for billionaires, paid for by everyone else. Many of our priorities are under attack. Slashing Medicaid/CHIP, the fourth-largest source of support for K-12 public schools, would hurt every student—not just […]

  The GOP’s legislative agenda—deficit-swelling tax cuts for billionaires, paid for by slashing services for students, educators, and families—inched forward last week. In a narrow, near party-line vote, the House adopted a budget framework identical to that passed by the Senate. Now comes the truly hard part: Senate and House Republicans must agree on which programs to […]