Ed Markey on Employment And Affirmative Action

• Sponsored extending subsidized federal student loan rates until 2015. (Apr 2013)
• Voted NO on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program. (Mar 2011)
• Voted YES on $40B for green public schools. (May 2009)
• Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
• Rated 92% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
• Voted NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
• Voted YES on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
• Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3. (Mar 2001)
• Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
• Voted NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
• Voted NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)
• Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible. (Jan 1993)