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March 28, 2006

House call: Important ed funding vote on tap tomorrow

Fresh off a crucial and overwhelming victory in the Senate two weeks ago, education advocates are turning up the heat again for the next critical funding vote set to occur tomorrow in the House Budget Committee. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) is expected to offer an amendment that will add $7 billion to the Fiscal Year 2007 budget resolution. This is similar to the successful amendment put forward by Senators Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on the Senate floor two weeks ago.

School board members and education advocates with representatives on the House Budget Committee are encouraged to contact them and urge them to support the DeLauro amendment. More background information Download file on why the amendment is important to students and communities.

After tomorrow's vote, the fight for increased education funding will then move to the House floor, where a prominent congressman is already stepping forward. See Rep. Mike Castle's (R-DE) statement today here. Stay tuned.

Posted March 28, 2006 1:20 PM | Advocacy & Legislation

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Posted by: JimMc on March 29, 2006 1:52 PM

Agreed but there has to be equal emphasis on restoring the revenue also (i.e. rolling back tax cuts). Because if we don't, this will forever be on the chopping block and we'll just be revisiting this over and over.