S. 953, Student Loan Affordability Act
As introduced in the Senate on May 14, 2013
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H.R. 1947, Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 15, 2013
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On This Day ::: The Connecticut General Assembly passes the “BlackLaw” ::: 1833 :::
- NAME: Prudence Crandall
- OCCUPATION: Educator, Civil Rights Activist
- BIRTH DATE: September 03, 1803
- DEATH DATE: January 28, 1890
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Hopkinton, Rhode Island
- PLACE OF DEATH: Elk Falls, Kansas
Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher who stirred controversy when she insisted on educating African-American girls at her school in Canterbury, Connecticut.
Prudence Crandell stood trial in 1833 to defend her decision to educate African-American girls but eventually closed the school in 1834 because of the violence and public backlash against it.
Building Opportunities in Indian Country: Congratulations to the Graduates of Navajo Technical College
By On Friday, I had the honor of addressing a class of graduates at Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, New Mexico. The Navajo Tech graduating Class of 2013 earned certificates in 34 fields that will provide the tools they need to serve their community as teachers, nurses, engineers, mechanics, bankers, chefs and countless other opportunities all made possible by their commitment and dedication to improving themselves through the pursuit of a higher education.
Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) play a key role in President Obama’s educational goal of making the United States home to the best-educated, most competitive workforce in the world. TCUs are critical institutions that build tribal communities, create good jobs across Indian Country, and provide Native Americans with the skills they need to do those jobs.
Dr. Jill Biden walks with the procession of graduates of the Navajo Technical College Class of 2013, Navajo Tech President Elmer Guy, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and the Board of trustees on the Navajo Tech campus in Crownpoint, New Mexico. May 17, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
As a community college teacher, I love seeing what a tremendous difference a community like the one I saw at Navajo Tech can make in the lives of its students.
The impressive class of graduates included veterans like Jerrilene Kenneth, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan as an Army mechanic, before she became the first college graduate in her family with an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education. It also included Navajo Tech Student of the Year Sherwin Becenti, who dropped out of college more than ten years ago but returned to school in order to build a better life for his family and set a good example for his children. Dwight Carlston, who grew up with no running water or electricity, was also among the graduates. Dwight maintained a 3.8 grade point average, ran cross country, served as Student Senate President and was recently elected as the Student Congress president of all 38 tribal colleges.
The Class of 2013 also marked a key milestone for Navajo Tech itself as they celebrated their first student to graduate with a Baccalaureate Degree. Dody Begay received his Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology-Computer Science – a path many other students are now planning to follow.
It is thanks to students like Jerrilene, Sherwin, Dwight, and Dody, and their dedicated faculty and administrators, that for the second year in a row Navajo Tech was recognized by the Aspen Institute as one of the top 120 community colleges in the United States. It was the only TCU and the only college in New Mexico to receive this distinction.
During my trip to the Navajo Nation, I also had the privilege of taking part in a traditional blessing by Medicine Man Robert Johnson who shared the traditions and spirituality of the Diné people. Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and his wife First Lady Martha Shelly also provided a wonderful welcome to their community with an introduction to the leadership of the tribal government. Students from the Diné Bi Olta Language Immersion Elementary School and Miyamura High School performed the traditional basket and ribbon dances at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona.
From a traditional hogan in Window Rock, Arizona, Dr. Jill Biden listens to Medicine Man Robert Johnson along with Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, First Lady Martha Shelly, Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council Johnny Naize and Barbara Naize. May 17, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Thank you to the Navajo Nation, and the faculty, staff and students of Navajo Technical College for welcoming me into your community. Your drive to improving yourselves and the generations who will follow you through a continued commitment to education sets an example for not just Indian Country, but for communities all across America. Congratulations to the graduates of 2013. But above all, congratulations to your parents, your grandparents and your ancestors for having the vision and commitment to strengthen their community by building your college and investing in all of our futures.
Ahe’hee!
Dr. Jill Biden is the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, a mother and grandmother, a lifelong educator, a proud Blue Star mom, and an active member of her community.
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Voting is a Right not a Privilege ::::::: Save Section 5
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of brave unarmed nonviolent women and men dared to March for African Americans right to vote. The fact is that less than 1% of eligible Blacks voted or registered to vote. People organized a Peaceful Protest March from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery. However, as those protesters crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge to Montgomery. The police, riding horses ready for violence engaged in excessive use of force, which included brutally beating protesters, sprayed gas at them while journalists and photographers witnessed.
The brutal reaction by the police was not only caught on tape it forced then President Johnson, who was once against civil rights programs as a Senator to call on Congress for equal voting rights for all on March 15. The Voting Act of 1965 was signed into law on August 6; is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.
That awful day that started out peacefully quickly descended into a March of death for the right to vote called Bloody Sunday.
Now, 48 years later, a new “Jim Crow” era has emerged with a major step backward in the fight for civil and voting rights. There are conservative states targeting not only African Americans but also Senior citizens, first time voters, early voting, Students, low income, and the undocumented though Republicans call them (illegals). In addition, people without birth certificates were limited or completely denied access to the voting booth because their old state ID failed to meet new voter ID regulations and treated like possible( illegals). It is the 21st Century; we should be on a progressive path toward equality for all not one that will re-engage folks in the act of racism or exclusion leading to suppressing participation in the election process. This year, new stricter voter ID legislation is pending in thirty-one states. This includes, voter ID proposals in thirteen states with proposals to strengthen existing voter ID laws in ten states, and eight states that will amend the new voter ID laws passed in 2011. We need to push back all attempts to suppress the right to Vote.
With so much at stake, it is time to stop sitting on the sidelines. If we are going to succeed, Conservative lawmakers NEED to hear our Voices.
We cannot let the naysayers turn back the clock on Voting Rights or the next generation.
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H.R. 1104, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2013
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 20, 2013
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Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—May 2013
The cost to the federal government of the TARP’s transactions, including grants for mortgage programs that have not yet been made, will amount to $21 billion, CBO estimates—$3 billion less than it previously projected.
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H.R. 1947, Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 15, 2013
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Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—May 2013
The cost to the federal government of the TARP’s transactions, including grants for mortgage programs that have not yet been made, will amount to $21 billion, CBO estimates—$3 billion less than it previously projected.
Donna De La Cruz, Reform Immigration FOR America
History was made on May 21, 2013 as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move their comprehensive immigration reform bill, S. 744, to the Senate floor. Efforts were made by anti-immigrant lawmakers to attack the path to citizenship at the heart of the bill, but your calls and faxes sent the message that the path to citizenship is essential to any immigration reform legislation.
While the Senate has made progress, the House has not kept pace. Some House members report they are currently drafting their own immigration reform bill to be unveiled in June.
You have proven time and again that as a movement we are an unstoppable force for progress and for justice. Our communities made history during the November elections, and we will continue to turn out again and again because we know that immigrant values are American values. We are out in force in the field, on the phones, online and in Washington because the time for reform is now!
Join in — help turn up the pressure on the House by sending a fax for the path to citizenship.
With hope,
Donna De La Cruz Reform Immigration FOR America
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Senate Floor Pro Forma Schedule :::::: CONGRESS ::::::
The Senate will meet on the following days at the following times for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted, unless the Senate receives a message that the House has adopted S.Con.Res.17, the adjournment resolution:
- Friday, May 24th at 12:30pm
- Tuesday, May 28th at 12:00pm and
- Friday, May 31st at 12:00pm
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Last Floor Action:
2:37:46 P.M. – The House adjourned
pursuant to a previous special order
The next meeting in the House is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on May 24, 2013.
| 10:00:00 A.M. | The House convened, starting a new legislative day. | |
| 10:00:55 A.M. | The Speaker designated the Honorable Thomas E. Petri to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. | |
| 10:00:56 A.M. | Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend William Gurnee, Blessed John Paul II Seminary, Washington, DC. | |
| 10:02:40 A.M. | The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to section 3(a) of H. Res. 232, the Journal stands approved. | |
| 10:02:46 A.M. | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. | |
| 10:03:00 A.M. | The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on May 24, 2013 at 9:06 a.m.: That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 17. | |
| 10:05:25 A.M. | S. Con. Res. 17 | Considered as privileged matter. S. Con. Res. 17 — “Providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.” |
| 10:05:45 A.M. | S. Con. Res. 17 | On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. |
| 10:05:55 A.M. | S. Con. Res. 17 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 10:05:58 A.M. | The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to S. Con. Res. 17. The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on June 3, 2013. |
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