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Coalition letter on pay equity
NEA priorities for budget reconciliation package
Support Catherine Lhamon for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and Roberto Rodríguez for Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, both at the Department of Education
Coalition Letter: Investing in Educators through the American Families Plan
CTQ – FY22 American Families Plan Coalition Letter
Child nutrition sign on letter
FY2022 appropriation for D.C. voucher program
Extend Student Loan Payment Pause” and filed under higher education
VOTE YES on advancing the For the People Act (S. 2093)
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on D.C. statehood
Hearing on Department of Labor priorities
LCCR – Senate Voting Rights Letter
NEA Urges Senate to Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Comments for June 10 hearing on Child Nutrition Reauthorization
NEA asks Senate to vote YES on Paycheck Fairness Act of 2021
NEA Seeks Co-sponsors for Universal School Meals Act of 2021, S. 1530
NEA Seeks Co-sponsors for Universal School Meals Act of 2021, H.R. 3115
Coalition letter support the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act.
NEA Comments for Senate HELP Committee Markup of PUMP Act, S. 1658
VOTE YES for Kristen Clarke as Associate Attorney General for Civil Rights
BASIC Coalition – School Infrastructure Letter
NEA-supported provisions of the American Jobs Plan & American Families Plan
VOTE YES on Judge Ketanji Jackson Brown’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
NEA Comments for Senate Committee Hearing on Paid Leave for Working Families
NEA Letter Urging YES Vote on COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and Resolution Denouncing Atlanta Shootings
K-12 Organizations letter – School Infrastructure
NEA Comments for House Subcommittee Hearing on USDA Food and Nutrition Service
NEA Letter Urging House to Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, H.R. 1065
VOTE YES on Katherine Clarke for Associate Attorney General for Civil Rights
VOTE YES on the Mental Health Services for Students Act (H.R. 721)
NEA Letter Calling for YES Vote on For the People Act, S.1
NEA Asks Congress to Fulfill Funding Promise to IDEA
Sign-on letter on infrastructure
Sign-on Letter on Food and Nutrition Education in Schools Act
VOTE YES on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
NEA Comments for Hearing on Ending Hunger: Universal School Meals are Important Tool in the Fight
NEA Letter Supporting Confirmation of Cindy Marten as Deputy Secretary of Education
NEA Letter Supporting Confirmation of Julie Su as Deputy Secretary of Labor
NEA Urges YES Vote on DC Statehood Bill
NEA Urges YES Vote on NO BAN Act, H.R. 1333
Student Loan Tax Elimination Act support letter
Leadership Conference – Principles for Student Loan Debt Cancellation
Vote YES on Vanita Gupta’s nomination as Associate Attorney General
NEA Urges Senate to Pass COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, S. 937
NCLC Coalition Letter – Borrower Defense to Sec. Cardona
NEA Urges YES vote on Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 7
NEA Urges YES Vote on NO BAN Act, H.R. 1333, and Commission to Study Reparation Proposals Act, H.R. 40
NEA Comments for Senate Hearing on Student Loan Debt’s Impact on Racial Justice, Borrowers, and Economy
VOTE YES for Kristen Clarke as Associate Attorney General for Civil Rights
NEA Urges YES Vote on Bill to Make Nation’s Capital the 51st State, H.R. 51
NEA PSLF Coalition Letter to Sec. Cardona
Sign-on Letter on Pell Grants
Congressional Testimony – Why NEA Members Support the Equality Act
Sign-on letter on healthy school meals
Vote YES on Vanita Gupta’s nomination as Associate Attorney General
NEA Comments for Hearing Examining Long-Term Impacts of Gender Inequality in the Workplace
NEA Urges YES Vote on Paycheck Fairness and Pregnant Workers Fairness Acts
NEA Letter to Senate Committee Outlining Principles for Child Nutrition Reauthorization
NEA Comments for Senate Committee Hearing on For the People Act, S. 1
NEA Comments Supporting Statehood Bill for Wash., DC, H.R. 51
NEA Letter to Senate HELP Members Supporting San Diego Superintendent Cindy Marten as Deputy Education Secretary
NEA Letter Supporting Confirmation of Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary
Confirm Xavier Becerra as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
NEA Letter Supporting Bill to Avoid Automatic Cuts in Medicare and Other Programs
NWLC – Joint Statement Supporting The Equality Actl
VOTE YES on the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
VOTE YES on removing the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
VOTE YES on the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
NEA Urges Confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior Department Secretary
NEA Comments in Support of the Equality Act, S. 393
NEA Supports Confirmation of Rep. Marcia Fudge as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
NEA Urges House Members to Vote YES on Bills Expanding Background Checks for Gun Sales
VOTE YES on the American Rescue Plan Act
NCPSSERS Sign-On Letter – Save Educators Jobs Act
NEA Urges Confirmation of Julie Su as Deputy Secretary of Labor
VOTE YES for Merrick Garland as Attorney General.
NEA Urges House to Pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
VOTE YES on Vanita Gupta for Associate Attorney General
VOTE YES on the American Rescue Plan Act
Coalition Letter to Congress on the Homework Gap
Protect Students and Taxpayers Coalition – Higher Education Data Transparency Letter
Coalition Support Letter for Rohit Chopra CFPB
NEA Urges YES Vote on George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021
LCCR Support Letter for Dr. Miguel Cardona
VOTE YES on the American Rescue Plan
NEA Urges YES Vote on For the People Act, H.R. 1
Confirm Xavier Becerra as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Confirm Merrick Garland as U.S. Attorney General
NEA Urges Senate to Confirm Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary
Convict Trump of inciting violence against the U.S. government
NEA Urges Support for Aid to State, Local, and Tribal Governments
LCCR’s Sign-On letter in support of Miguel Cardona’s nomination
Coalition letter – House E&C re E-rate funds
Provide $7.6 billion to address the homework gap during the pandemic
NEA Urges Support for Working Family, Retiree Provisions in COVID Relief
NEA Urges YES Vote to Confirm Marty Walsh, Labor Secretary Nominee
NASISP – Keeping Our Pact Act & Save Educator Jobs Act Support Letter
NEA Asks Senate to Confirm Education Secretary Nominee, Dr. Miguel Cardona
NEA urges House Education and Labor Committee to support COVID-19 package
NEA Urges YES Vote on National Apprenticeship Act of 2021
Vote YES on H.Res. 72 on removing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the education committee
NEA Asks for Swift Passage of Bill to Provide Desperately Needed COVID-19 Aid
NEA and AFT joint letter calling for the removal of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the education committee.
Protect Students and Taxpayers Coalition – HEA 117th Priorities
Biden Transition Letter – to prioritize demilitarization of law enforcement
NEA Asks Senate HELP Committee to Advance Nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona, Education Secretary-Designate
Sign on Letter – Universal School Meals
LCCR – Condemning Domestic Terrorism by White Nationalists
NEA letter urging the impeachment of Donald Trump
NEA Urges Certification of 2020 Presidential Election Results
