Education & Labor Committee Republicans

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PreK-12 Education

Previous  Next Obama Administration to Bypass Congress, Impose Backdoor Education Agenda Sep 26, 2011  - On Friday, President Obama announced the administration will bypass Congress and impose a new plan to waive federal elementary and secondary education law, currently known as No Child Left Behind, in exchange for states adopting the Secretary of Education’s preferred education agenda. Many have expr... More President Proposes More Stimulus, Bailouts, and Government for the Nation’s Schools Sep 9, 2011  - Yesterday, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to outline his latest plan to jump-start the economy. With 14 million workers unemployed and job creation stalled, the nation hoped for fresh ideas that will help put the American people back to work. Instead of offering a new vision t... More A Banner Day for Union Bosses Aug 10, 2010  - Today is a very good day for powerful union leaders. Congress was summoned back into session – with great complexity and expense – to vote on a multi-billion dollar bailout for unionized state workers. At the same time, the Obama administration is preparing to rollback reporting requirements for uni... More Will House Democrats Continue to Delay Troop Support in the Name of Government Bailouts? Jul 19, 2010  - The head of President Obama’s “fiscal responsibility” commission recently made headlines for stating the obvious: the nation’s $13 trillion (and counting) in debt is a “cancer” on our country. Erskine Bowles, commission co-chair and former White House Chief of Staff for President Clinton, called for... More Motives Revealed: Special Interest Threats Behind Plan to Tear Scholarships from Low-Income Children Mar 19, 2009  - Without much fanfare, Democrats in Congress have quietly set in motion a plan that the Washington Post has described as “an ill-disguised bid to kill a program that gives some poor parents a choice regarding where their children go to school.” Through a little-noticed provision tucked in the FY 2009... More Previous  Next