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ANA Supported Nursing Education Amendment Passes
Source: American Nurses Association

The Senate unanimously agreed on Wednesday, September 10, to accept the Mikulski/Collins amendment for nursing education funding. The final amendment would increase funding for the nursing workforce development programs of Title VIII (including the Nurse Reinvestment Act) by $50 million - a 55% increase over FY 2003 funding!

Thanks to all of you for your calls, letters and emails to Senators Lugar and Bayh.

The challenge is now to convince the House of Representatives to agree to this higher spending amount during the House/Senate conference. ANA will place materials on our website http://nursingworld.org/gova/index.htm to help you contact your House Members.

This major victory was made possible by the hard work of the state nurses associations and individual nurses across the nation who contacted their Senators in support of the amendment offered by Senators Mikulski (D-MD) and Collins (R-ME). Holding onto this new funding through the conference will make a real difference in addressing the growing nursing shortage.

Thank you.
 

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