View as Webpage With a potential default just weeks away, the GOP still refuses to address the gap between federal spending and revenue through the normal budget process, as President Biden has proposed. In an attempt to find common ground, the President met last week with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Minority […]

View as Webpage Last week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that Congress must raise or suspend the debt ceiling earlier than expected to avoid a catastrophic default. D-day could come as soon as June 1.  The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2811, the devastating bill crafted by MAGA Republicans. The title of the […]

  The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 passed the House by a vote of 217-215 on April 26. Every Democrat present and four far-right Republicans voted “no.”  In exchange for raising the debt ceiling for about a year, the NEA-opposed bill would slash funding for essential education programs by at least 22 percent, cancel student debt relief, and […]