XXXX Opposed $150 Million for Summer School Programs. XXXX, on June 5, 2002, voted against the Kennedy amendment to H.R.4775, which was an amendment to provide $150 million in emergency appropriations in Fiscal Year 2002 for summer school programs. [HR 4775, Vote 132, 6/5/02] XXXX Picked Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Instead of Head Start for Education. On a vote of 45-54, XXXX helped kill an amendment to delay tax cuts for the wealthy until all eligible children have access to Head Start education programs. Under the Bush budget plan, fifty-percent of the eligible children would not be able to participate in Head Start. Since 1965, Head Start has helped over 18 million low-income preschool children and their families. [HR 1836, Vote 154, 5/22/01; The Boston Globe, 5/22/01; National Head Start Association] XXXX Voted For Student Loan Forgiveness For 5-Year Commitment to Teach Head Start. In 2001, XXXX voted to give college graduates who make 5-year commitments to teaching in qualified Head Start programs up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness on their Federal Stafford student loans. The vote was to amend the Higher Education Act on an amendment to the Better Education for Students and Teachers Act of 2001. [S 1, Vote 111, 5/17/01] XXXX Voted Against Funding for After-School Programs. In 2001, XXXX voted against an amendment to provide $1.5 billion in fiscal 2002 for after-school programs and $19.5 billion over the next six years. [S 1, Vote 105, 5/16/01] XXXX Voted Against $400 Million Increase for 21st Century Community Learning Centers. In June 2000, XXXX voted against an amendment that that would provide an increase from $600 million to $1 billion for 21st Century Community Learning Centers. The bill failed 48-51. [Vote 154, 6/28/00] XXXX Voted For $200 Million to Supporting Funds for After School Programs and Reducing Class Size. In 1999, XXXX voted for to kill an amendment: Increases funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers program from $400 million to $600 million (level requested by President). [Vote 299, 9/30/99] XXXX Voted Against Funding for After School Programs. In 1999, XXXX voted to kill the Boxer amendment to S.254, which was an amendment to authorize $600 million per year for Fiscal Year 2000 through Fiscal Year 2004 for state grants for after-school programs. [Vote 132, 5/19/99] XXXX Voted Against $600 Million for Funding for After-School Programs. In 1999, XXXX voted for the motion to table an amendment to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The amendment would authorize $600 million per year for five years for after-school programs. [Vote 44, 3/11/99] XXXX Voted Against $150 Million in Funding for a Dropout Prevention Program Aimed at Keeping Kids in Schools. In 1999, XXXX voted to kill an amendment to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee substitute amendment. The Bingaman amendment would authorize $150 million to establish a school drop-out prevention program. [Vote 43, 3/11/99] XXXX Cast Crucial Vote Against Creating 21st Century Community Learning Center Initiative. In 1998, XXXX cast a crucial vote against creating the 21st Century Community Learning Center initiative, which provides quality after school learning opportunities for children across the country. [Vote 100, 4/23/98] PELL GRANTS & STUDENT LOANS XXXX Voted In Favor Of Student Loan Compromise. In July 2013, XXXX voted in favor of passage of the bill that would set federal student loan interest rates issued after July 1, 2013 to the Treasury Department's 10-year borrowing rate, plus 2.05 percent for subsidized and unsubsidized undergraduate loans, 3.6 percent for graduate loans and 4.6 percent for PLUS loans. The loan rates would be capped at 8.25 percent, 9.5 percent and 10.5 percent, respectively. It would require the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to Congress within four months detailing the federal government's cost of administering the student loan program and recommendations to avoid generating additional revenue from the program. The measure was passed by a vote of 81-18 (D 35-16; R 45- 1; I 1-1). [Vote 185, 7/24/13] 66