American Federation of Teachers Legislative Action Center

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National Education Association Legislative Action Center

Congress Returns Sept. 4; Education Issues on the Agenda

Congress will return to work in Washington, DC after Labor Day. In recent months, Congress has taken up a number of bills addressing issues of concern to educators and has taken positive steps forward on a number of important issues.

Education-related issues will be on the fall congressional agenda, including education funding and No Child Left Behind/ESEA reauthorization. Now's the time to tell your Members to put the needs of children and schools front and center.

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Read NEA's weekly update on the status of federal legislation that affects students, schools and educators. Previous issues of the Federal Legislative Update are archived here.

Check Your Representative's and Senators' Voting Records

Find out how your Members of Congress measure up in supporting children, public schools and the education profession.

November 9, 2007

Tell Congress to Stand Up for Children and Public Education and Override the President's Veto of Education Funding!

The House and Senate have passed an education funding bill that provides significant increases for important programs like Title I, special education, Head Start, after-school programs, and Pell Grants. This bill reverses the trend of cuts and freezes to education funding in recent years and will help provide schools and students the resources necessary to succeed. But, President Bush has promised to veto this bill and is expected to do so next week. If the President's veto is allowed to stand, billions of dollars will be lost from education programs.

A two-thirds vote is needed in the House and Senate to override a presidential veto, so every vote is critical. The House will vote first, as early as the middle of next week. If the House does not vote to override the veto, the bill will die without even moving to the Senate.

Contact your Members of Congress TODAY!!

Tell your representative to stand up for children and public education by voting to override the president's veto of the education funding bill.

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