“If left to their own devices, Republicans would gleefully take public education to the graveyard,” said Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro. House Democrats warned that hundreds of thousands of teachers could lose their jobs if legislation advanced Friday by a Republican-controlled appropriations subcommittee becomes law. The panel’s draft Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding […]
“House Republicans should be ashamed of themselves,” said one campaigner. “Their spending proposal threatens the very safety of our country’s water and wastewater systems for the sake of political showmanship.” The advocacy group Food & Water Watch on Thursday called out Republicans on a U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee panel for pushing a 64% cut to […]
JUNEAU – The Association of Alaska School Boards is extremely disappointed and gravely concerned by the unjustified veto of half of the one-time $175 million in education funding outside the BSA. This action further jeopardizes a constitutionally mandated public education system that will continue to crumble and collapse due to the chronic under-investment of both […]
“If House Republicans were actually serious about the deficit, they would demand wealthy corporations pay their fair share in taxes,” one advocate said. After threatening to force the government into default over the debt ceiling, Republican lawmakers Friday introduced new tax cuts that could add at least $21 billion to the federal debt over the next decade. Three […]