The Republicans in Congress have made clear with devastating budget proposals that they think deficit reduction should rest of the futures of our children. However, I have voted for lifeline funding like the historic $100 billion investment in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the $10 billion Education Jobs Fund to help stave off the need for damaging cuts in public education, such as shortening the school week and greatly increasing class sizes, and an 37% increase of the federal Pell Grant over the past four years.

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