Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e9CDR7926763; Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:27:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:27:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s9e5817a.086@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1047] LIFT Act and VAWA-NLA X Post X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.3.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1216 Lines: 21 There are a few new developments in Congress today that I wanted to share with you. The Literacy Involves Families Together (LIFT) Act is still alive and has a chance of being passed this session. This measure will extend and provide additional funding to the Even Start program. As you may remember, the LIFT Act was approved by the House on September 12, 2000. The Senate, however, has not yet considered this bill. The latest information I have is that the both parties in the House and Senate are still working to get this measure passed this year. To do this, they may try to attach the actual bill language to the L-HHS-ED funding bill. Again, I'll keep you posted. Finally, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was passed by the Senate only minutes ago. The vote was 95 to zero. This bill will now be sent to the President for his signature. That's what I know for today. I will continue to try to keep you up to date on these and other issues as the Congress finally finishes their work for the year. Christy Gullion Senior Policy Analyst National Institute for Literacy 1775 I Street NW, Suite 730 Washington, DC 20006 202-233-2033 (voice) 202-233-2050 (fax) cgullion@nifl.gov www.nifl.gov
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