5 Things to Know About the Education Funding Compromise Moving Through Congress
September 19, 2018
By: Carolyn Phenicie
Source: The 74
A compromise Education Department spending bill, the first year-long funding bill for the department to be passed in nearly a decade, is speeding toward final passage ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
By a vote of 93-7, the Senate on Tuesday passed the bill, a compromise between the two chambers that also funds the Labor and Health and Human Services departments and is coupled with a Defense Department funding measure.
The House is expected to consider the measure when it returns from recess next week…