Written by Don Byrd
A tax bill amendment proposed by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) that would have re-authorized a school voucher program in D.C. was defeated 55-42 late Tuesday. The Washington Post has more:
Tuesday’s … vote was widely seen as one of the final chances for the program to be extended beyond the students who are already currently enrolled. Funding will continue for current students until they graduate high school, but has been cut off to new students for a year.
We can only hope this was indeed the final chance for the program, which continues to get chance after chance in Congress, despite suffering continual defeats the last couple of years.
[UPDATE: The Baptist Joint Committee sent out letters to members of the U.S. Senate urging the defeat of this amendment. Kudos to the Senate for listening, and once again doing the right thing on this issue.]
