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  • Overwhelming bipartisan support in Senate and House sends legislation to president’s desk * * *  WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 9 – Following Senate passage today by 85-12, the Every Student Succeeds Act to fix No Child Left Behind, sponsored by Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander...
  • By: Rebecca Klein Huffington Post The Senate voted on Wednesday to pass an overhaul of No Child Left Behind called the Every Student Succeeds Act. The move comes after the House of Representatives voted to pass the overhaul last week, and over eight years after the No Child Left Behind Act originally expired in 2007. The measure passed the Senate...
  • PRE-K: Murray: Every Student Succeeds Act Will Improve and Expand Access to Early Learning Programs  ESSA makes key investments to help students start school on strong footing Murray: With ESSA, “we have a chance to make one of the smartest investments we can make in our nation’s youngest learners.” (Washington, D.C.) –...
  • Murray delivers remarks as Senate considers legislation to fix No Child Left Behind.   Murray: “We have the chance to send the Every Student Succeeds Act to the President’s desk to help ensure all kids have access to a quality education, regardless of where they live, how they learn, or how much money their parents...
  • (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a hearing on Opioid Abuse in America: Facing the Epidemic and Examining Solutions. In her remarks, Murray explained that far too many families in Washington state and across the country are...
  • “The human costs of this epidemic are too high, and I hear about the challenges of dealing with this epidemic at home in Tennessee, particularly in East Tennessee where I am from. ...[b]ut, the truth is, this problem affects all states and is frontline issue for communities all over.” WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 8 – The...
  • WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 3 – Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement that the Senate would take up the bipartisan, bicameral agreement to fix No Child Left Behind next week, said they look forward to a...
  • “Six years ago, Republicans warned the president about the disastrous consequences of Obamacare for millions of Americans. Unfortunately for these Americans, Republicans were right when we said that Obamacare would burden state Medicaid budgets, increase premiums and taxes, and hurt jobs. We need to start over and go step by step toward the...
  • “Enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act is critical for our nation’s students,” “Reflects a spirit of compromise,” “A victory for kids and parents” (Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from Senator Patty...
  • Following House passage yesterday by a vote of 359-64, the Every Student Succeeds Act is ready for Senate action next week   * * *   WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 3 – Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s...
  • “A bipartisan compromise has emerged from the Senate and House … [that] would represent the largest devolution of federal control to the states in a quarter-century.” – Wall Street Journal editorial, 11/30 “Gone are No Child Left Behind’s proficiency benchmarks and mandated federal interventions. The Education...
  • WASHINGTON, December 2 – Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on House passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act – legislation to fix No Child Left Behind – by a vote of 359 to 64: “The real winners in today’s House vote are 50 million children...
  • Murray: “Today marks another positive step to finally fixing the badly broken No Child Left Behind law for students, parents, teachers, and communities in Washington state and across the country.” House overwhelmingly passes legislation 359-64 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the...
  • Murray on Latest GOP Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood: “Women Have Had Enough” Murray: “I’ve heard from so many women and men who are tired of women’s health being undermined, threatened, and used as a political football here in Washington, D.C.”   Murray introduces amendment to support, strengthen...
  • Murray: “This legislation has no chance of becoming law”   Murray calls on Republicans to stop political pandering and work with Democrats on policies to help families   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee...
  • WASHINGTON, December 1 – Five and a half years after the White House health care summit at Blair House, Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today spoke on the Senate floor to discuss what Republicans warned the president would happen if Obamacare became law – and to outline what this “historic...
  • — by Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
    Conservative reformers have had major successes, notably on welfare in 1996. But when a reform doesn’t turn out as hoped, they need to adapt. A case in point is No Child Left Behind, which the GOP Congress is now preparing to leave behind. This week the House plans to debate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which lapsed in...
  • WASHINGTON, November 30 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate education committee, released the following statement on the National Governors Association’s full endorsement of the Every Student Succeeds Act: “The National Governors Association's full endorsement of our bipartisan legislation to fix...
  • WASHINGTON – Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative proposals passed separately by...
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative proposals passed separately...