View as Webpage The countdown to a government shutdown—or another continuing resolution—has begun again. Shortly after his election, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) released a schedule for House action on all 12 annual funding bills. The FY2024 education bill is slated for the week of Nov. 13, just days before funding runs out. The House GOP’s […]

View as Webpage Our thoughts are with the students, members, and families affected by the shootings in Lewiston, Maine.  Last Wednesday, NEA President Becky Pringle met with the House Democratic Caucus and surveyed the national landscape for public education—attacks on the institution, educators, and certain student populations, as well as the hard work of educators to teach, […]

View as Webpage Republicans tried again last week—and failed—to elect a Speaker of the House. Multiple floor votes left the party’s latest nominee, Jim Jordan (R-OH), woefully short of the necessary 217 votes with opposition growing and the entire scene turning uglier by the hour. Some GOP members opposed to Jordan have faced death threats […]