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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

$10 billion school funding bill is dead again. Does anybody care? � Fred Klonsky's blog

$10 billion school funding bill is dead again. Does anybody care? � Fred Klonsky's blog

$10 billion school funding bill is dead again. Does anybody care?

First they tried to attach it to an Afghan war funding bill. The Republicans and blue dog Democrats said no, so the Administration and Democratic Party Congressional leaders pulled it. And billions more went to the war.
Then they attached it to a domestic spending bill. The Republicans and blue dog Democrats said no, so yesterday Senate leader, Harry Reid, pulled it.
I’m talking about the $10 billion dollar federal package to keep teachers on the job and class sizes below 35.