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Immediate Release April 29, 2016 Contact: Sarah Zukowski, [email protected] While Cortez Masto Focuses on College Affordability, Sharron Angle and Congressman Heck Follow the Lead of Their Party’s Bosses in Washington Las Vegas, NV - This week, former Nevada Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto hosted southern Nevada college students at a college affordability roundtable. One of the roundtable participants, Idania Ramirez, a UNLV student, spoke with <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi1cVYfqhuE&feature=youtu.be> Telemundo Las Vegas about the financial and economic challenges she faces to attend UNLV and the need to increase assistance for students planning to attend college. Sadly, Congressman Heck is actively working against students, supporting efforts by Washington Republicans to make college more expensive for Nevada students. Not only has Congressman Heck repeatedly voted to cut funding for Pell Grants, he has also supported Washington Republican efforts to repeal DACA and deny tens of thousands of immigrant children the opportunity to achieve a college education. “While Catherine Cortez Masto is meeting with students to talk about how to make college more affordable, Congressman Heck is voting with his Party’s bosses in Washington to make college more expensive and defund the immigration executive actions to keep families together,” said Sarah Zukowski, spokesperson for the Nevada State Democratic Party. “The choice in this election is clear: Catherine Cortez Masto will focus on solving problems like making college more affordable and keeping families together, Republicans like Sharron Angle and Congressman Heck will side with their Party bosses in Washington to make college more expensive and deport Nevada DREAMers.” Background: Heck Voted For House Republican Budget That Would Cut Spending By $5.5 Trillion Over 10 Years. In March 2015, Heck voted for: “Adoption of the concurrent resolution that would provide for $2.937 trillion in new budget authority in fiscal 2016, not including off-budget accounts. It would assume $5.5 trillion in spending reductions over the next 10 years, including by assuming repeal of the 2010 healthcare law. It also would propose reducing spending on Medicare and Medicaid and changing programs such as food stamps. It would call for restructuring Medicare into a ‘premium support’ system beginning in 2024, call for a deficit-neutral overhaul of the tax code that lowers rates and assume $147 billion in additional savings through ‘dynamic scoring,’ and would include instructions to committees to trigger the budget reconciliation process to cut mandatory spending. The resolution would call for fiscal 2016 base discretionary spending that adheres to the sequester-reduced defense and non-defense caps set by the Budget Control Act, and for future years it would assume a 10-year increase in defense caps of $387 billion while calling for cutting non-defense caps by $759 billion. As amended, for fiscal 2016 it would call for allowing $96 billion in uncapped war-related funding to provide additional defense funding beyond sequester-reduced caps, without requiring offsets.” The bill was adopted by a vote of 228-199. [CQ, 3/25/15 <http://www.cq.com/vote/2015/h/142>; H. Con. Res. 27, Vote 142,3/25/15 <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll142.xml>] · 35,000 Nevadans Received Pell Grants To Help Pay For College. [White House Report, Republican Budget Resolutions: Same Failed Top-Down Economics, 3/18/15 <https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/budget_resolution_and_sequestration_impacts.pdf> ] · Republican Budget Eliminates Mandatory Funding For Pell Grants And Freezes Grants At Their Current Level Instead Of Keeping Pace With Inflation. “The Republican budgets eliminate mandatory funding for Pell Grants, and the House budget specifies that it would freeze the maximum grant at its current level, instead of allowing it to increase to keep pace with inflation. Over time, this would reduce financial aid for almost all of the more than 8 million students who rely on Pell Grants to afford college.” [White House Report, Republican Budget Resolutions: Same Failed Top-Down Economics,3/18/15 <https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/budget_resolution_and_sequestration_impacts.pdf> ] · House Republican Budget Elimination Of Mandatory Funding For Pell Grants Would Likely Force Further Cuts To Eligibility And Benefits. In October 2015, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities CBPP Report on House Republican budget stated: “The plan freezes the maximum Pell Grant for ten years, even as tuition and room and board costs will continue to rise. It also eliminates Pell Grant funding on the mandatory side of the budget (Pell Grants receive both mandatory and discretionary funding, as explained below), likely forcing further cuts in eligibility and benefits. In addition, it would make student loans more expensive and cut other education and training programs (see box).” [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “House Budget Committee Plan Cuts Pell Grants Deeply, Reducing Access to Higher Education,”10/21/15 <http://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/3-24-15bud.pdf>] · CBO: Eliminating Mandatory Funding For Pell Grants Would Increase Costs For Students – Students Who Borrowed $23,000 Would “Leave School With Additional Debt Of About $3,800 Because Of The Accrued Interest Costs.” In November 2014, the Congressional Budget Office Estimated impact of eliminating mandatory spending on student loans: “Under either alternative, borrowers who lost access to subsidized loans would pay interest on unsubsidized loans from the date of loan disbursement, which would raise their costs. If a student who would have borrowed $23,000 (the lifetime limit) through subsidized loans over five years beginning with the 2014–2015 academic year instead borrowed the same amount through unsubsidized loans, that student would leave school with additional debt of about $3,800 because of the accrued interest costs. Over a typical 10-year repayment period, the student’s monthly payment would be $43 higher than if he or she had borrowed that same amount through subsidized loans.” [Congressional Budget Office, Reduce or Eliminate Subsidized Loans for Undergraduate Students, 11/13/13 <https://www.cbo.gov/budget-options/2013/44741>] Heck Voted For GOP Student Loan Bill That Would Raise Student Loan Interest Rates When Treasury Rates Rise. In May 2013, Heck voted for: “Under the GOP proposal, student loans would be reset every year, pegged to 10-year Treasury notes with added percentage points. For instance, students who receive subsidized or unsubsidized Stafford student loans would pay the Treasury rate, plus 2.5 percentage points starting for loans issued after July 1. Current subsidized Stafford loans are offered at a fixed 3.4 percent rate and unsubsidized Stafford loans are offered at 6.8 percent. The interest rate on loans to parents and graduate students is 7.9 percent. Using Congressional Budget Office projections, the GOP plan would translate to a 5 percent interest rate on all Stafford loans in 2014, but the rate would climb to 7.7 percent for loans in 2023. ‘We're ripping off kids,’ said Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Stafford loan rates would be capped at 8.5 percent, while loans for parents and graduate students would have a 10.5 percent ceiling under the GOP plan.” [Associated Press, 5/24/13 <https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2013/may/24/house-backs-variable-rate-student-loans/print>; H.R. 1911, Vote 183, 5/23/13 <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll183.xml>] · Associated Press: “The GOP Plan Would Cost Students And Families Heavily.” “In real dollars, the GOP plan would cost students and families heavily, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. The office used the CBO projections for Treasury notes' interest rates each year.” [Associated Press, 5/22/13 <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-threatens-veto-house-student-loan-plan> ] · Students With Subsidized Stafford Loans Would Pay Almost $5,000 More Over 10 Years In Real Dollars. “In real dollars, the GOP plan would cost students and families heavily, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. The office used the CBO projections for Treasury notes' interest rates each year. Students who max out their subsidized Stafford loans over four years would pay $8,331 in interest payments under the Republican bill, and $3,450 if rates were kept at 3.4 percent. If rates were allowed to double in July, that amount would be $7,284 over the typical 10-year window to repay the maximum $19,000.” [Associated Press, 5/22/13 <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-threatens-veto-house-student-loan-plan> ] Heck Voted To Defund Prosecutorial Discretion For Illegal Immigrants In FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. In June 2013, Heck voted for a: “King, R-Iowa, amendment that would bar the use of funds provided in the bill to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce a number of policies and memorandums within the Homeland Security Department, including ones pertaining to prosecutorial discretion for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children.” The amendment passed by 224-201. [CQ, 6/6/13 <http://www.cq.com/doc/floorvote-239805000>, H.R. 2217, Vote 208, 6/6/13 <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll208.xml>] · Heck Voted Against Giving Temporary Legal Status To DREAMers. In June 2013 the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote, “The House in a party-line vote last week passed an amendment that roiled the debate over immigration. Lawmakers voted 224-201 to stop President Barack Obama’s policy that grants temporary legal status to young people who were brought into the country illegally as children. All but six Republicans voted for it; all but three Democrats voted against it. The amendment’s impact would fall on the so-called DREAMers, residents in their teens and 20s who faced potential deportation and who are a key constituency affected by the overhaul of the immigration law… Reps. Joe Heck and Mark Amodei, both R-Nev, voted for the amendment. Reps. Dina Titus and Steven Horsford, both D-Nev., voted against it.” [Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6/9/13 <http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/government/washington-digest-house-blocks-obamas-immigration-policy> ] Heck Voted For FY2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill That Would Bar Funds To Implement Obama Administration Immigration Policies. In January 2015, Heck voted for: “Passage of the bill would provide $47.8 billion in fiscal 2015 for the Homeland Security Department and related activities. The bill would include $12.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection; $6.3 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement; $7.2 billion for the Transportation Security Administration, including fees; $10 billion for the Coast Guard; $1.7 billion for the Secret Service; and $10.8 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including $6.4 billion for emergency disaster relief. As amended the bill would bar the use of funds to implement the administration's immigration policies or to grant any federal benefit to any illegal immigrant as a result of those policies.” The bill passed by 236-191. [CQ, 1/14/15 <http://www.cq.com/doc/floorvote-247135000>, H.R. 240, Vote 35, 1/14/15 <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll035.xml>] · The Bill Would Block Funding For President Obama’s 2014 Immigration Order, And Halt The DACA Program.“The House voted Wednesday to block funding for President Obama’s immigration orders, firing the first shot in a high-stakes battle over deferred deportations for the millions of people who are in the country illegally. The measure passed in a 236-191 vote, with 10 Republicans voting against it and two Democrats voting in favor. Democrats rallied against the bill, which would fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September, after Republicans adopted a series of contentious amendments that take aim at facets of Obama’s immigration policy. One of the amendments would choke off funding for Obama’s executive action announced in November, which would allow some illegal immigrants to stay in the country and obtain work permits. A second amendment would halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA), which lifts deportation for some illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children. The defunding amendment was adopted in a 237-190 vote, with seven Republicans voting no, while the DACA amendment was approved 218-209, with 26 Republicans defecting.” [The Hill, 1/14/15 <http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/229469-house-votes-to-defund-obamas-immigration-orders> ] Heck Voted For A Bill To Authorize Congress To Sue The Executive Branch For Failure To Execute Existing Laws. In March 2014, Heck voted for: “Passage of the bill that would authorize Congress, upon House or Senate adoption of a resolution, to sue the executive branch for failure to execute existing laws. Under the measure, lawsuits would be first heard by a three-judge panel and could be appealed directly to the Supreme Court. As amended, the Government Accountability Office would be required to file quarterly reports on the costs of any lawsuits challenging executive inaction.” The bill passed by a vote of 233-181. [CQ, 3/12/14 <http://www.cq.com/doc/floorvote-243497000?6&search=gF42FSY4>; HR 4138, Vote 124, 3/12/14 <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll124.xml>] · The Bill Was Targeted In Part At The Administration’s Decision Not To Deport “Dreamers.” “The House passed a measure Wednesday that would expedite lawsuits brought by Congress against a president who fails to fully enforce federal laws. The Republican-backed measure passed 233 to 181 and was the latest in a string of Republican measures designed to calm their divided ranks by raising doubts about President Obama's leadership during a midterm election year. […] Before the vote, GOP lawmakers blasted the Obama administration Wednesday for failing to fully enforce several federal laws, including the Affordable Care Act, current immigration policy, sentencing laws and the federal ban on same-sex marriage. […] Immigration activists reacted angrily and cited debate on the bill in the House Judiciary Committee, where several Republicans criticized Obama for deciding not to deport those children, often referred to as ‘dreamers.’ The DREAM Coalition, a group representing the children of undocumented immigrants, said the vote ‘demonstrates Republicans can no longer be relied upon to bring up a sensible and practicable immigration reform bill this year.’” [Washington Post, 3/12/14 <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/03/12/house-passes-bill-making-it-easier-for-congress-to-sue-the-president/> ] Heck Voted For FY2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill That Would Bar Funds To Implement Obama Administration Immigration Policies. In January 2015, Heck voted for: “Passage of the bill would provide $47.8 billion in fiscal 2015 for the Homeland Security Department and related activities. The bill would include $12.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection; $6.3 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement; $7.2 billion for the Transportation Security Administration, including fees; $10 billion for the Coast Guard; $1.7 billion for the Secret Service; and $10.8 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including $6.4 billion for emergency disaster relief. As amended the bill would bar the use of funds to implement the administration's immigration policies or to grant any federal benefit to any illegal immigrant as a result of those policies.” The bill passed by 236-191. [CQ, 1/14/15 <http://www.cq.com/doc/floorvote-247135000>, H.R. 240, Vote 35, 1/14/15 <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll035.xml>] · The Bill Would Block Funding For President Obama’s 2014 Immigration Order, And Halt The DACA Program.“The House voted Wednesday to block funding for President Obama’s immigration orders, firing the first shot in a high-stakes battle over deferred deportations for the millions of people who are in the country illegally. The measure passed in a 236-191 vote, with 10 Republicans voting against it and two Democrats voting in favor. Democrats rallied against the bill, which would fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September, after Republicans adopted a series of contentious amendments that take aim at facets of Obama’s immigration policy. One of the amendments would choke off funding for Obama’s executive action announced in November, which would allow some illegal immigrants to stay in the country and obtain work permits. A second amendment would halt the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA), which lifts deportation for some illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children. The defunding amendment was adopted in a 237-190 vote, with seven Republicans voting no, while the DACA amendment was approved 218-209, with 26 Republicans defecting.” [The Hill, 1/14/15 <http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/229469-house-votes-to-defund-obamas-immigration-orders> ] ###