Despite the press of other issues on Capitol Hill, three senators and seven representatives became official co-sponsors of the Academy bill last month- we now have 23 senators and 123 representatives signed on. Recent co-sponsors include: Senators Max Baucus (MT); Robert Casey (PA); and Jay Rockefeller (WV); and Representatives Thomas Allen (ME); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Kendrick Meek (FL); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Frank Pallone (NJ); Allyson Schwartz (PA); and Mark Udall (CO). We plan to re-introduce the bill early in the next Congress.

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