UPDATED: Carper Vote Watch

jason330

16 years ago

UPDATE: Carper is a jerk. Shocking!

From Jen Hill, SEIU:

As of last night our Senator Carper has signed on to the Nelson
Collins amendment.

The amendment will reduce the overall spending and significantly
reduce public school spending, IDEA, head start and the state
stabilization fund. As you all know Delaware is in dire financial
straits and will be cutting thousands of jobs without the package –
education and state workers will be affected, but so will our kids.

The cuts total somewhere around $77.9 billion from the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Please call him and ask him to withdraw his support for the amendment.
202-224-2441

Carper is a jerk. Shocking!

I wonder which way Mr. Dependable will swing?

This afternoon an amendment to H.R. 1 is being proposed in the Senate that will cut more than $32.8 billion from the proposed stimulus funding for education: $6.5 billion from IDEA, $6.5 billion from Title I, $4.8 billion from the state stabilization fund, $15 billion from incentive grants, and $5 million from the teacher quality partnership grants.