Senate Passes Extension of Highway Funding Program to December 4

After the House on Tuesday passed a bill that was roundly criticized by the solar industry for not going far enough on caps and undermining the value of reimbursements that make solar projects financially viable, the Senate on Wednesday updated its own plan to agree to the House’s recommendation of a 2 percent cap raise across the board.

President Barack Obama signed the two-week funding measure Friday using an “autopen” while he was in Malaysia. Paul’s modification to the so-called T-HUD funding bill would have cut off public housing funding for refugees in America immediately.

“This is a hard subject”, said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who worked with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to write the Senate’s bill. Now, each state and local district will work together to define what is considered “poor performance”. The new law also takes away the standardized proficiency levels in reading and math that the NCLB required by a certain age.

But necessary to Democrats, the convention invoice consists of accountability measures that may require states to intervene within the nation’s lowest-performing 5 % of faculties, highschool dropout factories and faculties with persistent achievement gaps. The agreement also prohibits the education secretary from mandating academic standards such as the Common Core, guidelines that have prompted enormous political backlash.

In many ways, the compromise on a replacement of the federal education law stemmed from shared discontent with a few of the Obama administration’s education policies.

Murphy defended the bill against critics who accused supporters of disregard for the suffering of refugees, saying the new regulations ensure “our entire intelligence community is on the same page without turning our backs on those fleeing violence and terror”.

Paul said he wanted an amendment placed in the queue for a vote that “lets the American people vote on whether or not we want to bring more people here from the Middle East”. “I don’t think we’ll be dealing with it over here”. No Child Left Behind, the latest iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, expired in 2007.

The congressional agreement also retains the current formula for funding schools with the highest concentration of poor students, which receive extra federal money.

The letter, read here in its entirety, was addressed to Addressed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R – Kentucky) and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D -Nevada).