Comments on: It’s Baaaack! http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/05/19/its-baaaack/ Promoting a full core curriculum. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mitchell Hirsch http://blog.commoncore.org/2009/05/19/its-baaaack/#comment-5053 Mitchell Hirsch Wed, 20 May 2009 16:13:57 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=66#comment-5053 Interestingly, Rockefeller's bill was not referred to the Senate HELP Committee, which has the primary jurisdiction for education legislation, but to the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by centrist Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT). Also interesting is the co-sponsorship by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), who I recall joined with a handful of other centrist Senators, including Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) in stripping nearly $14 billion in funds for school construction from the final stimulus bill, citing their opposition to any major new federal education funding programs. Interestingly, Rockefeller’s bill was not referred to the Senate HELP Committee, which has the primary jurisdiction for education legislation, but to the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by centrist Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT).

Also interesting is the co-sponsorship by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), who I recall joined with a handful of other centrist Senators, including Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) in stripping nearly $14 billion in funds for school construction from the final stimulus bill, citing their opposition to any major new federal education funding programs.

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