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Sorry for the length! - Jeff
Budget/Appropriations
Last week the House Budget Committee passed that cap-raising bill I wrote about in my last email — the one that raises the discretionary spending caps for both defense and nondefense spending. The bill passed 19-17 along mostly party lines (three Democrats voted against the bill). Several interesting amendments were offered during the markup, including one by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) that would have lifted the NDD caps but kept defense spending frozen at Trump’s 2019 level of $717 billion. That one lost 7-26. Several Dems voted for that amendment (one Republican, too) but most ended up voting in favor of the final bill which does raise defense spending levels. The chair of the committee, Rep. Yarmuth (D-KY) made it clear at the markup that he supported increasing defense spending.
Anyway, the un-amended bill that passed through the committee would increase the current non-defense, discretionary (NDD) spending caps to $631 billion for FY2020 and $646 billion for FY2021. This would increase NDD funding by 5.7 percent for FY 2020, providing an opportunity for appropriators in Congress to enact increases to education programs. The passage of this bill by itself does not do anything for adult ed, or any of the programs in the budget, but it clears the way for a possible proposal by House appropriators to increase adult education spending for FY 2020. Without the cap raise, that would be pretty much impossible.
Tonight the House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet to begin consideration of a rule to bring the bill to the floor for consideration by the entire House — which will probably happen on Wednesday.
Here’s some stuff you and your respective organizations can do to support the bill (via CEF): House leadership will tally support for the bill by also looking for individual letters of support, statements, or even tweets of support (use #RaisetheCaps). Make sure your statements or letters make it to the House Budget Committee staff.
Also, if you are in D.C., the House Budget Committee is going to hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon at 2:45pm outside the Capitol to discuss the bill. (It will be in the House Triangle area, which is that grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front, near the entrance at Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SW).
WHO: House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY), other members of Congress, and supporters of raising the caps
WHEN: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9—Arrive at 2:45 p.m.
WHERE: House Triangle—Located in the grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front (near the entrance at Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SW).
Other Hearings This Week of Possible Interest
On Wednesday at 9am, Education Secretary DeVos will be testifying before the House Education and Labor Committee for the first time since Democrats took control of the House. The hearing is titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education,” and will be held in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. I suppose it will be streamed too. But I’m too lazy to find the URL.
Also on Wednesday, over on the other side of the Hill, the Senate HELP Committee is holding a hearing called “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Strengthening Accountability to Protect Students and Taxpayers” — meaning, how should the federal government colleges accountable for the federal aid they receive? This hearing will be at 10am in room 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building. It will be webcast, and I do have a URL for this one:
Report of Possible Interest
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has just published a "Data Point" report titled, "Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Labor Underutilization." Among other things, this document serves as another source for statistics on educational attainment and employment/unemployment.
Department of Duplication
Thanks to Judy Mortude of CLASP for alerting this list to these two things this morning. They are important enough that I think it’s worth posting again, in case you missed them!
Comment on DHS Tip Form:
DHS https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=c716036b57&e=7d6c24bb7d creating an https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=d229287552&e=7d6c24bb7d where the general public can submit unsubstantiated reports of fraud about individual immigrants. This online form would encourage abuse by individuals seeking to harm immigrants. The form is open for public comment until Tuesday, April 16. The ILRC, together with several partner organizations, has created a https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=49fc220e3c&e=7d6c24bb7d for individuals and organizations to submit comments detailing opposition to this proposed form,
SNAP Comment Deadline Extended:
USDA has https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=2d5260fcd9&e=7d6c24bb7don the SNAP rule that would take food away from 755,000 people. If you didn't get a chance to comment, there's still time! The new comment period will be open from April 8 - 10, 2019. Our https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=241e9c37a7&e=7d6c24bb7d focuses on the impact of the SNAP proposed rule to immigrants and communities of color. Please feel free to pull language from this template.
Thanks!
Jeff
Jeff Carter
Cell: (202) 374-4387 | @jeffcrtr
Senior Policy Advisor
National Coalition for Literacy
http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/
mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org
President, Committee for Education Funding
Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
1111 14th St, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.psr.org/ | mailto:jcarter@psr.org
Sorry for the reply to all but does someone know the deadline for signing on to the Senate Dear Colleague letter?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 8, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Jeff Carter jcarter@literacypolicy.org wrote:
Sorry for the length! - Jeff
Budget/Appropriations
Last week the House Budget Committee passed that cap-raising bill I wrote about in my last email — the one that raises the discretionary spending caps for both defense and nondefense spending. The bill passed 19-17 along mostly party lines (three Democrats voted against the bill). Several interesting amendments were offered during the markup, including one by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) that would have lifted the NDD caps but kept defense spending frozen at Trump’s 2019 level of $717 billion. That one lost 7-26. Several Dems voted for that amendment (one Republican, too) but most ended up voting in favor of the final bill which does raise defense spending levels. The chair of the committee, Rep. Yarmuth (D-KY) made it clear at the markup that he supported increasing defense spending.
Anyway, the un-amended bill that passed through the committee would increase the current non-defense, discretionary (NDD) spending caps to $631 billion for FY2020 and $646 billion for FY2021. This would increase NDD funding by 5.7 percent for FY 2020, providing an opportunity for appropriators in Congress to enact increases to education programs. The passage of this bill by itself does not do anything for adult ed, or any of the programs in the budget, but it clears the way for a possible proposal by House appropriators to increase adult education spending for FY 2020. Without the cap raise, that would be pretty much impossible.
Tonight the House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet to begin consideration of a rule to bring the bill to the floor for consideration by the entire House — which will probably happen on Wednesday.
Here’s some stuff you and your respective organizations can do to support the bill (via CEF): House leadership will tally support for the bill by also looking for individual letters of support, statements, or even tweets of support (use #RaisetheCaps). Make sure your statements or letters make it to the House Budget Committee staff.
Also, if you are in D.C., the House Budget Committee is going to hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon at 2:45pm outside the Capitol to discuss the bill. (It will be in the House Triangle area, which is that grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front, near the entrance at Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SW).
WHO: House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY), other members of Congress, and supporters of raising the caps
WHEN: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9—Arrive at 2:45 p.m.
WHERE: House Triangle—Located in the grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front (near the entrance at Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SW).
Other Hearings This Week of Possible Interest
On Wednesday at 9am, Education Secretary DeVos will be testifying before the House Education and Labor Committee for the first time since Democrats took control of the House. The hearing is titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education,” and will be held in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. I suppose it will be streamed too. But I’m too lazy to find the URL.
Also on Wednesday, over on the other side of the Hill, the Senate HELP Committee is holding a hearing called “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Strengthening Accountability to Protect Students and Taxpayers” — meaning, how should the federal government colleges accountable for the federal aid they receive? This hearing will be at 10am in room 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building. It will be webcast, and I do have a URL for this one:
https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/reauthorizing-the-higher-education-act-strengthening-accountability-to-protect-students-and-taxpayers
Report of Possible Interest
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has just published a "Data Point" report titled, "Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Labor Underutilization." Among other things, this document serves as another source for statistics on educational attainment and employment/unemployment.
Department of Duplication
Thanks to Judy Mortude of CLASP for alerting this list to these two things this morning. They are important enough that I think it’s worth posting again, in case you missed them!
Comment on DHS Tip Form:
DHS has proposed creating an online form where the general public can submit unsubstantiated reports of fraud about individual immigrants. This online form would encourage abuse by individuals seeking to harm immigrants. The form is open for public comment until Tuesday, April 16. The ILRC, together with several partner organizations, has created a fact sheet and template comment for individuals and organizations to submit comments detailing opposition to this proposed form,
SNAP Comment Deadline Extended:
USDA has reopened the public comment period on the SNAP rule that would take food away from 755,000 people. If you didn't get a chance to comment, there's still time! The new comment period will be open from April 8 - 10, 2019. Our template comment focuses on the impact of the SNAP proposed rule to immigrants and communities of color. Please feel free to pull language from this template.
Thanks!
Jeff
Jeff Carter
Cell: (202) 374-4387 | @jeffcrtr
Senior Policy Advisor
National Coalition for Literacy
www.national-coalition-literacy.org
jcarter@literacypolicy.org
President, Committee for Education Funding
Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
1111 14th St, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
www.psr.org | jcarter@psr.org
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Art, it is COB on April 10 (tomorrow).
Senators Shaheen and Hassan have already signed on.
Deborah
---- On Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:12:38 -0400 Art Ellison mailto:highland242@gmail.com wrote ----
Sorry for the reply to all but does someone know the deadline for signing on to the Senate Dear Colleague letter?
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 8, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Jeff Carter mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org wrote:
Sorry for the length! - Jeff
Budget/Appropriations
Last week the House Budget Committee passed that cap-raising bill I wrote about in my last email — the one that raises the discretionary spending caps for both defense and nondefense spending. The bill passed 19-17 along mostly party lines (three Democrats voted against the bill). Several interesting amendments were offered during the markup, including one by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) that would have lifted the NDD caps but kept defense spending frozen at Trump’s 2019 level of $717 billion. That one lost 7-26. Several Dems voted for that amendment (one Republican, too) but most ended up voting in favor of the final bill which does raise defense spending levels. The chair of the committee, Rep. Yarmuth (D-KY) made it clear at the markup that he supported increasing defense spending.
Anyway, the un-amended bill that passed through the committee would increase the current non-defense, discretionary (NDD) spending caps to $631 billion for FY2020 and $646 billion for FY2021. This would increase NDD funding by 5.7 percent for FY 2020, providing an opportunity for appropriators in Congress to enact increases to education programs. The passage of this bill by itself does not do anything for adult ed, or any of the programs in the budget, but it clears the way for a possible proposal by House appropriators to increase adult education spending for FY 2020. Without the cap raise, that would be pretty much impossible.
Tonight the House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet to begin consideration of a rule to bring the bill to the floor for consideration by the entire House — which will probably happen on Wednesday.
Here’s some stuff you and your respective organizations can do to support the bill (via CEF): House leadership will tally support for the bill by also looking for individual letters of support, statements, or even tweets of support (use #RaisetheCaps). Make sure your statements or letters make it to the House Budget Committee staff.
Also, if you are in D.C., the House Budget Committee is going to hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon at 2:45pm outside the Capitol to discuss the bill. (It will be in the House Triangle area, which is that grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front, near the entrance at Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SW).
WHO: House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY), other members of Congress, and supporters of raising the caps
WHEN: Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9—Arrive at 2:45 p.m.
WHERE: House Triangle—Located in the grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front (near the entrance at Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SW).
Other Hearings This Week of Possible Interest
On Wednesday at 9am, Education Secretary DeVos will be testifying before the House Education and Labor Committee for the first time since Democrats took control of the House. The hearing is titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education,” and will be held in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. I suppose it will be streamed too. But I’m too lazy to find the URL.
Also on Wednesday, over on the other side of the Hill, the Senate HELP Committee is holding a hearing called “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Strengthening Accountability to Protect Students and Taxpayers” — meaning, how should the federal government colleges accountable for the federal aid they receive? This hearing will be at 10am in room 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building. It will be webcast, and I do have a URL for this one:
Report of Possible Interest
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has just published a "Data Point" report titled, "Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Labor Underutilization." Among other things, this document serves as another source for statistics on educational attainment and employment/unemployment.
Department of Duplication
Thanks to Judy Mortude of CLASP for alerting this list to these two things this morning. They are important enough that I think it’s worth posting again, in case you missed them!
Comment on DHS Tip Form:
DHS https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=c716036b57&e=7d6c24bb7d creating an https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=d229287552&e=7d6c24bb7d where the general public can submit unsubstantiated reports of fraud about individual immigrants. This online form would encourage abuse by individuals seeking to harm immigrants. The form is open for public comment until Tuesday, April 16. The ILRC, together with several partner organizations, has created a https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=49fc220e3c&e=7d6c24bb7d for individuals and organizations to submit comments detailing opposition to this proposed form,
SNAP Comment Deadline Extended:
USDA has https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=2d5260fcd9&e=7d6c24bb7don the SNAP rule that would take food away from 755,000 people. If you didn't get a chance to comment, there's still time! The new comment period will be open from April 8 - 10, 2019. Our https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3ea07e067c43a4abfd60b1669&id=241e9c37a7&e=7d6c24bb7d focuses on the impact of the SNAP proposed rule to immigrants and communities of color. Please feel free to pull language from this template.
Thanks!
Jeff
Jeff Carter
Cell: (202) 374-4387 | @jeffcrtr
Senior Policy Advisor
National Coalition for Literacy
http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/
mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org
President, Committee for Education Funding
Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
1111 14th St, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.psr.org/ | mailto:jcarter@psr.org
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