Update: Nelson-Burr Amendment to Higher Education Bill
by Mike Connery, Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 05:56:26 AM EDT
Cross posted at Future Majority and Daily Kos.
Another update on Nelson-Burr (aka the corporate lender welfare amendment). Word is that the vote is going to be around noon today and it is going to be tight. Yesterday, Rick Enzi, ranking Republican on the Senate Education committee declared that he would vote against the amendment, potentially bringing a number of Republicans over with him. A number of Senators s are on the fence - particularly Tester on the Democratic side and Smith on the Republican side - but many of the Senators listed below don't really know anything about the amendment or how it would impact students.
Give them a call before noon today. Tell them why they should vote yes on the bill and no on the Nelson-Burr amendment. The Capitol Switchboard can be reached at (202) 224-3121.
| Democrats | Republicans |
| Landrieu | Collins |
| Bayh | Coleman |
| Tom Carper | Gordon Smith |
| Bill Nelson | Specter |
| Mark Pryor | Snowe |
| Salazar | Sununu |
| Tester | |
| Webb |






