Chairwoman Lowey Introduces Education for All Legislation
On April 22, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) introduced HR 5117, the Education for All Act of 2010. She announced the bill’s introduction at a Capitol Hill event hosted by the Global Campaign for...
View ArticleFY11 Funding for Basic Education
On Thursday, July 29th the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the FY11 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, and recommended $845 million for basic education, a level...
View ArticleHouse Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2011 Funding
On June 30th, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations marked up its FY 2011 appropriations bill. The subcommittee approved $925 million in funding for basic education...
View ArticleChairman Berman Releases Partial Draft of Aid Reform Bill
On July 1, the House Foreign Affairs Committee released the first 55 pages of the draft Global Partnerships Act of 2010, an aid reform bill which aims to replace the outdated Foreign Assistance Act of...
View ArticleCongressional Support for Education in Haiti Reconstruction Rising
On May 13th, the Senate Committee on Appropriations passed H.R. 4899, providing emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010. Included in the bill was an amendment offered by Senator...
View ArticleSen. Gillibrand Introduces Education for All Act of 2010 in the Senate
On September 16th, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the companion bill to the Education for All Act of 2010, sponsored in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and David...
View Article112th Congress Begins
Both the House of Representatives and Senate reconvened on January 5, 2011, marking the beginning of the 112th Congress. The new Republican majority in the House voted to elect John Boehner (R-OH) as...
View ArticleRogers Announces FY11 Spending Levels for House Appropriations Subcommittees
On February 3, House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers announced spending levels for each of the twelve Appropriations subcommittees for FY2011. The new total spending limit for the House’s State...
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