DELAURO
AMENDMENT TO BUDGET COMMITTEE FAILS
The House
Budget Committee completed its mark up of its version of the FY 07
Budget Resolution late last night. It moved out of Committee on a
party line vote. The amendment offered by Rosa DeLauro (D- CT) to
increase funding levels in the House Budget Resolution to the levels
passed in the Senate by the Specter/Harkin amendment, failed on a
party line vote, 22-14. This was not unexpected, as nearly every
substantive amendment also failed along party
lines.
Congressman
Mike Castle (R-DE) is coordinating an effort of moderate Republicans
to offer an amendment at the Senate Specter/Harkin levels when the
Budget Resolution comes to the House floor next week. NWA (USA
WORKS!) met with a respected Democratic House Member today, asking
him to offer to cosponsor the amendment with Congressman Castle in a
bipartisan effort to get this amendment passed. This will be a
difficult task, as House Republican leadership has already met with
its Members encouraging strong party discipline on the Budget
Resolution to restrain against additional
spending.
CANTWELL/COLLINS DEAR COLLEAGUE NEEDS FINAL
PUSH
The
Cantwell/Collins Appropriations Dear Colleague to urge Appropriators
to restore WIA and ES funding to FY 05 levels is likely to be sent
to the Labor-HHS Appropriations Committee at the end of the day
tomorrow. Senator Cantwell has asked us to assist her in maximizing
the number of signatures on their letter. Attached are the Senators
who have already signed on and a list of Senators who have not
signed on and should be asked to do so.
Already signed
on: Wyden (D-OR) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Durbin (D-IL) Jeffords (I-VT)
Salazar (D-CO) Levin (D-MI) Bill Nelson (D-FL) Kerry (D-MA) Mikulski
(D-MD) Akaka (D-HI) Kennedy (D-MA) Stabenow (D-MI) Lugar (R-IN) Kohl
(D-WI) Leahy (D-VT) Lieberman (D-CT) Reed (D-NV) Menendez (D-NJ)
Boxer (D-CA) Obama (D-IL) Johnson (D-SD) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Clinton
(D-NY) Bingaman (D-NM) Murray (D-WA) Sarbanes (D-MD) Feinstein
(D-CA) Lincoln (D-AR) Schumer (D-NY) Feingold (D-WI)
Senators who
have not signed on yet, but should be contacted: Enzi (R-WY) Snowe
(R-ME) Smith (R-OR) DeWine (R-OH) Chafee (R-RI) Coleman (R-MN)
Santorum (R-PA) Talent (R-MO) Warner (R-VA) Burns (R-MT) Nelson
(D-NE) Bayh (D-IN) Dodd (D-CT) Pryor (D-AR) Biden (D-DE) Baucus
(D-MT) Conrad (D-ND) Dayton (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Rockefeller
(D-WV
Mark your
calendar for the Fifth Annual NWA Conference!
Saturday,
December 2 - Tuesday, December 5, 2006
We are putting
together quite a line-up! The whole event kicks off with a
Pre-Conference co-sponsored by USAWorks. NWA CEO David Bradley will
be leading a full day workshop on the outcome of the Mid-Term
Congressional Elections! This is a great opportunity to collaborate
with leading Directors from all over the country as a precursor to
the Conference which opens on Sunday December 3.
Visit our
website at www.n
waonline.org to get more information on our conference as well
as a registration form.
