Nikaton wrote:“ are you referring to the IDEA reauthorization? The law and its regs are mostly good I want to keep 95% of it and just merely make the counsel amendment to ensure that it’s more effective for lower income children and families, everything else stays in place. But workability and passibility of a Bill is essential, I want to be pragmatic, so I’ll work with you on putting a bill together”
"No, no, the IDEA reauthorization is fine, it was the teaching bill that you submitted to me via email. Politically, I'd have concerns about looking at the defense budget as a cash cow, and I don't know whether it'll pass the Senate if you're funding it exclusively by removing money from the defense budget, whilst structurally, I'm not sure it's very clear and structured in outlining what preconditions would be necessary to qualify for the disbursement of such funds. Don't get me wrong, I'm for improving teachers' pay, but we need to demonstrate that our spending is responsible - that means making sure the preconditions seem appropriate - and we also need to spend our legislative time on measures that we believe have a prospect of passing the Senate."