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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
KENNEDY AMMENDMENT PASSES SENATE!
Senate Approves Kennedy Amendment to Add $5.5 Billion Dollars for Education Programs to the Senate Budget Resolution
YOU DID IT! At 4:45 pm today the Senate approved the Kennedy Amendment by a vote of 51-49. Thanks to all of you who influenced every Democrat to support the amendment and special thanks to those of you in Ohio, Maine, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania who convinced Republican Senators DeWine, Collins, Snowe, Chafee, Specter [and Coleman-Minn*] to support the amendment.
Adult Education was mentioned specifically in Senator Kennedy's opening remarks in the debate. The Senate Budget Resolution will go to a conference committee to reconcile with the House version, so this action does not guarantee any additional funding. However it puts the Senate on record that education in general and adult education in particular is a higher priority than was evident in the President's budget
- Added in a message to the AAACE-NLA list by Art Ellison the next day.
AEllison@ed.state.nh.us
[AAACE-NLA] KENNEDY AMENDMENT
March 17, 2005 5:12:51 PM EST
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT:
H.R. 27, the Job Training Improvement Act of 2005, passed the House of Representatives on March 2, 2005
S. 9, the Lifetime of Education Opportunities Act of 2005 was introduced on January 24, 2005. No further action has been taken.
BUDGET
The House and Senate Budget Committees marked up* and reported their 2006 budget proposals on March 9, 2005. The bills still must be considered by the full House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate, after which they will meet in conference to work out any differences.
APPROPRIATIONS
The President released his budget on February 7, 2005, cutting adult education funds.
The House Committee on Appropriations has begun hearings on the FY 2006 Budget. On March 10, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings testified before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. Further hearings will be held in the upcoming weeks, with witnesses representing the education community.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations has also begun hearings on the FY 2006 Budget. On March 2, Secretary Spellings testified before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. Further hearings will be held in the upcoming weeks with witnesses from the education community.
WELFARE
H.R. 240, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005, was introduced in the House of Representatives on January 4, 2005. On February 10, 2005, the Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on the bill. No further action has been taken.
S. 6, revising TANF, was introduced in the U.S. Senate on January 24 and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. On March 9, the Committee marked up the Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act (PRIDE), clearing it for consideration by the full U. S. Senate.
* is the process through which a Committee amends a piece of legislation. Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup
