Ask Your Congressional Representative to Act!

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1. Yvonne says:

   February 25, 2020 at 3:16 pm

   Done. Thank you, NPE.

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2. Laura H. Chapman says:

   February 25, 2020 at 3:24 pm

   That legislation done not yet exist in final form with an HB number so you can read the whole bill. That information came from my inquiry to the person named on a prior NPE alert.

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   • Laura H. Chapman says:

     February 25, 2020 at 3:29 pm

     does not…..

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3. carolmalaysia says:

   February 25, 2020 at 4:44 pm

   I signed and sent it to friends.

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4. Susan Lee Schwartz says:

   February 25, 2020 at 5:18 pm

   It’s pat OPED news: https://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/DEMAND-CHARTER-TRANSPARENC-in-General_News-Accountability_Charter-School-Failure_Congress_Education-200225-839.html#comment757175

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5. retired teacher says:

   February 25, 2020 at 7:25 pm

   Done, and shared on social medial

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6. Bob Shepherd says:

   February 25, 2020 at 8:47 pm

   Superb news. Sharing this.

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7. carolmalaysia says:

   February 25, 2020 at 9:33 pm

   From the Democratic debate:

   It took the issue of education, an issue on which the candidates have few major differences.

   Mr. Bloomberg went first. He defended his stewardship of the New York City public schools system, in particular the expansion of public charter schools.

   “We’ve cut the gap between the rich and the poor, we’ve made an enormous difference in the options the parents have,” he said, adding that he raised teacher salaries and helped address poverty in the city.

   “Rather than just talk about it in New York we actually did it,” he added.

   Ms. Warren followed up, saying she would appoint an education secretary who has taught in public schools. Mr. Buttigieg went next, saying that he’d also value public school educators.

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   • dianeravitch says:

     February 25, 2020 at 9:51 pm

     Nothing that Bloomberg said about education in NYC on his watch was true.

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8. carolmalaysia says:

   February 25, 2020 at 9:37 pm

   Klobuchar just lost my vote.
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   Klobuchar goes after Sanders as a “socialist.”

   Ms. Klobuchar addressed her concerns about Mr. Sanders and his socialist policies.

   Ms. Klobuchar, who didn’t speak much in the first half-hour of the debate, took sharp aim at Mr. Sanders as she sought to make a case for electability.

   “I am the only one in the New Hampshire debate when asked if we had a problem with a socialist leading the ticket that raised my hands,” Ms. Klobuchar said. “I like Bernie. We came in together to the Senate. But I do not think that this is the best person to lead the ticket.”

   “I was the most effective Democrat in the U.S. Senate on 15 metrics. Bernie and Elizabeth were in the bottom half. It matters — it matters if you can actually get things done.”

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   • carolmalaysia says:

     February 25, 2020 at 9:43 pm

     Klobuchar is against Medicare for All.
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     Mr. Sanders was pushed by moderators for exactly how he would pay for his array of plans, in particular his “Medicare for all” proposal.

     When Ms. Klobuchar jumped in, she quoted Mr. Sanders’s comments on “60 Minutes” over the weekend, in which Mr. Sanders declined to list off all the particular costs.

     She accused him of “broken promises that sound good on bumper stickers.”

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9. carolmalaysia says:

   February 25, 2020 at 9:39 pm

   This is playing dirty.
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   Buttigieg, Biden, Bloomberg warn about a wipeout with Sanders as nominee.

   Mr. Sanders’s electability was questioned by Mr. Bloomberg, Mr. Buttigieg and Mr. Biden.

   Mr. Buttigieg and Mr. Biden attacked Mr. Sanders on the stage for what others have been saying in private for months: That Mr. Sanders would cost Democrats their House majority and imperil efforts to win the Senate in 2020.

   Nominating Mr. Sanders, Mr. Buttigieg said, “adds up to four more years of Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy as the speaker of the House. Not only is this a way to get Donald Trump re-elected, we have a House to worry about, a Senate to worry about.”

   He added: “If you want to keep the House in Democratic hands, you might want to check with the people who actually turned the House blue — 40 Democrats who are not running on your platform. They are running away from your platform as fast as they possibly can.”

   Mr. Biden piled on. More of those 40 Democrats have endorsed him than anyone else, he said.

   And then Mr. Bloomberg said a Trump victory will lead to a generational catastrophe for Democrats.

   “Bernie will lose to Donald Trump. And Donald Trump, and the House, and the Senate and some of the state houses will all go red and then between gerrymandering and appointing judges for the next 20 or 30 years, we’re going to live with this catastrophe,” he said.

   Mr. Sanders shot back.

   “If you want to beat Trump what you’re going to need is an unprecedented grass-roots movement,” Mr. Sanders said.

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