It appears that the tax-credit voucher provision has not been removed from HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act), despite a ruling by the U.S. Senate parliamentarian that it violates the Byrd Rule and should not be included in this budget reconciliation bill.
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow (Monday), so please reach out to our senators immediately and ask that they insist on an amendment to remove the voucher provision, called Qualified Elementary and Secondary Scholarships, from the bill. You can read a summary of the bill’s tax-credit voucher provision on our website.
Please ask our U.S. Senators to insist on an amendment to remove tax-credit vouchers, called Qualified Elementary and Secondary Education Scholarships, from the budget reconciliation bill:
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
Mississippi Offices
Brookhaven (limited hours): 601.748.8024 Gulfport: 228.867.9710 Jackson: 601.965.4459 Oxford: 662.236.1018
Washington Office
U.S. Capitol: 202.224.5054
Email: https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/contact-senator
Senator Roger Wicker
Mississippi Offices
Gulfport: 228.871.7017 Hernando: 662.429.1002 Jackson: 601.965.4644 Tupelo: 662.844.5010
Washington Office
U.S. Capitol: 202.224.6253
Email: https://www.wicker.senate.gov/contact
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Here are three important points for Senator Hyde-Smith and Senator Wicker to consider:
1. For more than a decade, Mississippians have partnered with our State Legislature to keep vouchers out of Mississippi; we do not want vouchers forced on us by the federal government.
2. This bill’s costly voucher program would take Mississippi backward, putting at risk the impressive gains our public school students and teachers have made in recent years.
3. The federal tax-credit vouchers in HR 1, the budget reconciliation bill, would add billions of dollars to the federal deficit annually, for a program that Mississippians do not want.
Please email and/or call our senators today. (You probably will need to leave a voicemail.) Share this information with others, and ask that they call, too. Our children are counting on us, and together, we’ve got this!
