Lawmakers, Edu-Groups Speak Up For Edujobs
The presidents of both national teachers' unions joined key lawmakers and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan this morning on Capitol Hill to drum up support for the $23 billion edujobs legislation. Supporters of the bill say up to 300,000 jobs may be riding on congressional action.
Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said he plans to introduce a version of the measure as an amendment to the must-pass emergency spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that his panel is considering tomorrow. The original plan was for the Senate to vote on the language first, but Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees education spending, said he didn't have the 60 votes needed to pass the bill.
But if the language makes it through the House, it can be included in a conference report reconciling the two bills. Conference reports can't be amended, so if Republicans (and moderate Dems) in the Senate decided to
Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said he plans to introduce a version of the measure as an amendment to the must-pass emergency spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that his panel is considering tomorrow. The original plan was for the Senate to vote on the language first, but Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees education spending, said he didn't have the 60 votes needed to pass the bill.
But if the language makes it through the House, it can be included in a conference report reconciling the two bills. Conference reports can't be amended, so if Republicans (and moderate Dems) in the Senate decided to