View as Webpage The NEA Board of Directors will be lobbying on Capitol Hill this week on three issues: the debt ceiling, police reform, and community schools.  Board members will urge lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling without delay, no strings attached. They will stress that education funding has declined by $8.3 billion over the last decade (after adjusting […]

  The end of the opening month of the 118th Congress is near, and all eyes are laser-focused on what will be a months-long battle to raise the debt ceiling. House Republicans are vowing to hold the debt ceiling hostage in an effort to force massive, unspecified spending cuts—a deadly game we’ve seen before.  In […]

View as Webpage The 118th Congress is behind schedule due the drawn-out process of electing the House speaker. We still don’t have a complete list of all committee assignments.  One thing is clear, however: Big battles over raising the debt ceiling are coming—and soon. The U.S. government reached the ceiling last week and is taking […]