A House
appropriations subcommittee voted along straight party lines to maintain funding for key K — 12 education programs at current levels while completely eliminating three of the Obama administration's signature reform initiatives.
Not exact matches
House and Senate
Appropriations subcommittees will debate and amend appropriations bills, and both chambers will vote on the bills and reconcil
Appropriations subcommittees will debate and amend
appropriations bills, and both chambers will vote on the bills and reconcil
appropriations bills, and both chambers will
vote on the bills and reconcile differences.
On Thursday, House
Appropriations Committee approved the Milcon bill on a unanimous voice
vote, following
subcommittee approval earlier in the week.
As the
appropriations bill heads for a possible House
vote this week, Representative Ernest J. Istook Jr. (R - OK), who wrote the language, and House Labor / HHS
subcommittee chair Ralph Regula (R - OH) are preparing to issue a statement on the House floor that would modify the directive.
Fattah relinquished his position on the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies
appropriations subcommittee today and was replaced by Representative Mike Honda (D — CA), a former high school principal who has been a reliable
vote for additional federal funding of research and education.
Science lobbyists are hailing the
vote of confidence in basic research from Congress and applauding the efforts of Representative Frank Wolf (R - VA) and Senator Barbara Mikulski (D - MD), who chair the relevant
appropriations subcommittee in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively.
The
appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education approved a 2.6 % raise for NIH; more details are likely to come out next week when the full
appropriations committee is expected to
vote on the bill.
The full House and Senate then debate and
vote on the
appropriations bills from each of the 12
subcommittees.
Members of the House of Representatives are expected to prepare their proposal in
subcommittees, members of the full
Appropriations Committee may then go over it next week, and the full chamber may
vote on it also next week, Rep. Nelson Dollar (R - Wake) told WRAL - TV.