AAU WEEKLY WRAP-UP
March 21, 2014
CONTENTS
CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE NEW
BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS
More Than 1,000 Groups Urge Funding Increase for FY15 Labor-HHS-Education Programs
CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE NEW
The House and Senate were out of session this week.
When the Senate returns to session on Monday, March 24, it will continue work on legislation aimed at supporting Ukraine (S. 2124) and will consider confirmation of several judicial appointments. The House is also scheduled to return on Monday, but the floor schedule has not been announced.
BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS
MORE THAN 1,000 GROUPS URGE FUNDING INCREASE FOR FY15 LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION PROGRAMS
A group of 1,065 organizations—including AAU, the Committee for Education Funding, and other prominent education groups—sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate appropriations committees on March 14. The letter urged the leaders to raise the FY15 discretionary spending allocation for the Labor-HHS-Education bill to its FY10 level of $163.6 billion, an amount that is $6.8 billion above the FY14 level.
The letter notes that although the budget agreement provided partial relief from the sequester in FY14, there will be significantly less relief in FY15 and that under current law, sequestration will be back in full effect in FY16. It adds:
“We continue to urge you to work with your colleagues to reverse these harmful cuts by replacing them with a credible, balanced approach to deficit reduction. Only a balanced approach to deficit reduction can restore fiscal stability. Continued discretionary cuts will move us backward in growing the economy, increasing jobs, improving global competiveness, protecting the health of Americans, and increasing educational attainment.”
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