(The Center Square) – Tennessee Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduced her second bill this month targeting the nation’s largest teacher’s union.
Her latest bill would ban the National Education Association from influencing Congress. The association would be required to submit a certification every year proving that it has not tried to influence lawmakers, according to a news release from Blackburn.
“The National Education Association has abandoned its mission of supporting America’s teachers and students in the name of pushing its far-left political agenda,” Blackburn said. “The NEA has become nothing more than a radical-left activist group, and it has no business using its status as a congressionally chartered entity to push woke gender ideology, antisemitism, and propaganda on America’s students.”
U.S. Rep. Rev. Mark Harris, R-N.C.
Earlier this month, Blackburn and U.S. Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., introduced a bill that would revoke the National Education Association’s charter.
“Congress established the NEA in 1906 to support America’s teachers and strengthen our schools, but it has abandoned that mission in favor of a radical agenda,” Harris said. “From branding President Trump a fascist to embracing divisive gender ideology and walking away from efforts to fight antisemitism, the NEA has become nothing more than a partisan advocacy group.”
The bill is supported by Moms for Liberty, Heritage Action, Young America’s Foundation and other groups, according to Harris and Blackburn.
“It’s incredibly sad that the nation’s largest teachers union has put woke politics before America’s children,” said Tina Descovich, CEO of Moms for Liberty. “The NEA’s embrace of radical left policies and antisemitism combined with their rejection of parental rights has forced moms and dads across America to condemn this organization.”
