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Education
Issues
Education Accomplishments
of the 109th Congress
The Higher Education Act (HEA)
Expanding College Access for Low and Middle-Income Students
Early Childhood Education
Strengthening Head Start by Stopping Financial Abuses and Closing the
School Readiness Gap
Education Funding
Setting the Record Straight on Education Spending Myths
Supporting Quality Teachers
Helping States Ensure All Children Have the Chance to Learn from Highly Qualified Teachers
Expanding Parental Choice in Education
Giving Parents the Tools to Choose the Best Education Possible for their
Children
Vocational and Technical Education
Supporting Local and State Efforts to Help Americans Gain New Skills
in a Knowledge-Based Economy
The No Child Left Behind Act
Implementing President Bush's Historic 2002 Education Reforms
Special Education Reform
Implementing the 2004 Reforms to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA)
Child Nutrition
Promoting Child Nutrition and Financial Integrity in School Lunch
Programs
Helping Communities Fight Poverty
Improving
the Community Services Block Grant
Older Americans Act
Strengthening Services for U.S. Seniors
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Workforce Issues
Workforce
Accomplishments of the 109th Congress
Pension
& Retirement Security for U.S. Workers
Giving Workers More Freedom to Diversify, Better Access to
Investment Advice; Strengthening Enforcement of Federal Pension
Protection Laws
Jobs & Job Training
Strengthening
Job Training for American Workers and Promoting U.S. Jobs in a Worldwide
Economy
Expanding Access to
Quality Health Care for Working Families
New Solutions for America's 45 Million Uninsured; Protecting
Vulnerable Families Against Soaring Costs and Health Care Bureaucracy
Strengthening Welfare Reform
Building on the 1996 Reforms to Help Even More Americans Achieve Independence;
Improving Access to
Child Care
Improving Workplace Safety
Promoting Worker
Safety; Oversight
of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Improving Mine Safety
Promoting Mine Safety; Oversight of the Mine Safety & Health
Administration (MSHA)
Securing Our
Borders and Strengthening Enforcement of Illegal Immigration Laws
Reforming Our Nation’s
Immigration Laws While Protecting the Interests of American Students and
Workers
Enhancing
Union Democracy & Accountability to Workers
Making
Corporate Bosses & Labor Bosses Accountable to Rank-and-File Workers
Helping Workers Balance the Demands of Work and Family
Providing Family Time (Comp Time) Options to Private Sector Parents - As
Government Workers Currently Have
Strengthening Overtime Pay Rights for Workers
Protecting
the Overtime Rights of Low and Middle-Income American Workers
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