Harkin Opts Not to Attach 'Edujobs' to War Supplemental
The wrangling over that $23 billion edujobs bill continues.
Originally, the Senate sponsor of the measure, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees education spending, had planned to offer the legislation as an amendment to the war supplemental spending bill that the Senate is expected to consider soon.
That strategy made sense because a) the war supplemental is a must-pass bill, and b) it's emergency spending, so the $23 billion wouldn't need to be offset.
But Harkin changed his game plan once he realized that he couldn't get the 60 votes needed to pass the provision.
Here's how he explained his decision:
Originally, the Senate sponsor of the measure, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees education spending, had planned to offer the legislation as an amendment to the war supplemental spending bill that the Senate is expected to consider soon.
That strategy made sense because a) the war supplemental is a must-pass bill, and b) it's emergency spending, so the $23 billion wouldn't need to be offset.
But Harkin changed his game plan once he realized that he couldn't get the 60 votes needed to pass the provision.
Here's how he explained his decision:
I have decided not to offer an amendment on education jobs funding to the supplemental
