Danker: Testimony Before Kansas House Committee on Taxation
To: Members of the Kansas House Committee on Taxation From: Rich Danker, American Principles Project Re: H.B. 2379, gold and silver coin as legal tender and repealing sales tax On behalf of the...
View ArticleKansas House Committee on Education Votes Down Common Core Bill
Last week the Kansas House Committee on Education voted down HB 2289 on an 11-7 vote. The Kansas Legislature website does not give the vote count. I have called State Representative John Bradford’s...
View ArticleLegal Tender on the Move
We just wanted to give you an update on some of the pieces of Legal Tender legislation that are active in several state legislatures. In Arizona, State Senator Chester Crandell’s SB 1439 was passed by...
View ArticleHow Members of Kansas House Committee on Education Voted on Anti-Common Core...
I was able to obtain a breakdown of how the members of the Kansas House Committee on Education voted on their anti-Common Core bill, HB 2289, that was defeated 7-11 in committee on 3/21. Yes Kelly (R)...
View ArticleMissouri Legislators Move Anti-Common Core Bills Forward
There are a pair of Anti-Common Core bills that are active in the Missouri Legislature. The first is the one in the Missouri Senate, SB 210, which passed out of their education committee last Thursday...
View ArticleAction Needed on Indiana Anti-Common Core Bill
This is a guest post by Heather Crossin of Hoosiers Against Common Core Tuesday in the Indiana Senate Education Committee, Senator Scott Schneider successfully attached his language to a House bill,...
View ArticleArizona Legal Tender Bill Passes Arizona House
SB 1439, the legal tender bill in Arizona, passed the Arizona House on a 36-22 vote. The House amended the bill so the Senate has to vote on the amended version before the it can land on Governor Jan...
View ArticleAction: Stop Common Core Assessments in Iowa
The Iowa House and Iowa Senate have put together a conference committee to iron out differences in their respective education reform bills. Of specific concern is a provision in the amended HF 215...
View ArticleAction Needed: North Carolina Common Core Study Bill – H733
H733 was filed in the North Carolina House of Representatives. The bill’s purpose is to establish a committee of 20 members to study the Common Core State Standards and their impact in North Carolina....
View ArticleCommon Core Assessment Language Still In Iowa House Ed Reform Bill
I am thrilled with the stand that Iowa House and Senate Republicans are taking on educational freedom. The only thing I’m not happy about at the moment is that there is no plan to strip the assessment...
View ArticleTwice is a Charm: Alabama Education Senate Committee Approves Common Core Repeal
We can see that the resolution from the Republican National Committee blasting the Common Core is starting to take affect. The same committee that sunk an anti-Common Core bill just passed virtually...
View ArticleAction Needed: Help Support Senator Grassley’s Fight Against Common Core Funding
I reported at Caffeinated Thoughts that Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) office emailed me about a letter they were sending to the Senate Appropriations Committee on education to request that they...
View ArticleEncourage Your Representative to Cosign Luetkemeyer’s Letter to Duncan
Via Missouri Coalition Against Common Core: Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) has written, and is gathering co-signers in Washington for, a letter expressing serious concerns with the manner in...
View ArticleAction: Contact Michigan Senate to Defund Common Core State Standards
Now that the Michigan House has voted to defund the Common Core State Standards it's time to contact the Michigan Senate to encourage them to do the same.
View ArticleAction Needed: Urge Indiana Legislators to Vote for Common Core Pause
Language that pauses the implementation of the Common Core made it out of conference committee and will have a final vote in the Indiana Legislature.
View ArticleEncourage Governor Pence to Sign HB1427, Indiana’s Common Core Pause Bill
A quick update. The Indiana House of Representatives voted to pass HB 1427 on a 53 to 42 vote. This puts the implementation of the Common Core on hold until a fiscal impact study is done and the...
View ArticleContact Kansas Legislators to Revive Anti-Common Core Bill
Kansans Against Common Core sent me an update over the weekend about efforts to revive HB 2289 that was shot down in the Kansas House Committee on Education back in March. Senator Susan Wagle,...
View ArticleFlorida Tele Town Hall on Pension Reform TONIGHT!
We are hosting a tele town hall on pension reform in Florida tonight from 6:45p-7:30p (EDT). Feel free to call in if you’d like to participate. (877) 229-8493 Pin is 19893.
View ArticleAction Alert! Arizonans Contact Your State Senators on SB 1439
The Arizona House passed an amended version of SB 1439, the legal tender bill, earlier this month on a 36-22 vote. The Arizona Senate for some reason hasn’t voted on the amended version yet and time...
View ArticleBrewer Vetoes Arizona’s Legal Tender Bill
In case you missed it, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the legal tender bill, SB 1439, that landed on her desk after the Arizona Senate passed a revised version of the bill they passed earlier this...
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