The Senate today passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), finally bringing an end to a decade-plus wait for congressional renewal of the nation’s preeminent job training legislation.
The bill now moves to the House of Representatives where the expectation is that the bipartisan, bicameral agreement will smooth the way for its final passage in July.
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National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) of a hearing in his committee on the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014.
“One year ago, the Supreme Court dealt a crushing blow to voting rights by removing important protections for voters who had suffered—and still suffer—historic disenfranchisement. One year later, the Senate is taking an important first step to reaffirm the fundamental right of all Americans to have equal access to the ballot box.
- Full-Page Ad Placed in Today’s New York Times Print Edition Urges Nation to “Fulfill the Promise” -
- Nine Organizations Sign On to a Joint Communique in Support of Equitable Implementation of the Common Core State Standards as Critical in the Continuing Fight for Equity in Education -
Communiqué (Joint Statement) of Support for the Common Core State Standards and Equitable Implementation from National Civil Rights and Education Groups
Joint Statement from Marc H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League; Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder & President, National Action Network; Lorraine C. Miller, Interim President & CEO, NAACP; and Melanie Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener, Black Women’s Roundtable:
