Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
NAACP
H.R. 1 / Education Reform / School Construction Funds.
Motion by Congressman Major Owens (D-NY) to recommit the bill to the House Education Committee with instructions to add language authorizing $2 billion specifically for public school construction. The motion to recommit failed.International Union, UAW
House Rejects School Construction Program.
During consideration of legislation reauthorizing the Elementary & Secondary Education Act, Representative Owens (D-N.Y.) offered a motion to add provisions that would have provided $2 billion for a school construction and modernization program. But this labor-backed motion was defeated.