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H.R. 8465: Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act
119th Congress · introduced 2026-04-23 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act
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Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act
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Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] · 26 cosponsors
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Jared Huffman (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), William R. Keating (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] reported raising $721,776 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr8465.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr8465 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills