{"id":1989950,"date":"2023-08-03T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-and-tester-lead-democrats-blasting-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:11:13","slug":"manchin-and-tester-lead-democrats-blasting-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-and-tester-lead-democrats-blasting-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin and Tester spearhead Democrats criticizing Biden&#8217;s defunding of school hunting and archery programs."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-and-tester-lead-democrats-blasting-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Democrats Push Back Against Biden Administration&#8217;s \u200dInterpretation of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is leading a \u200ccharge by some Senate Democrats who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-andy-biggs-ndaa-veto-override-a-crying-shame\/\" title=\"Rep. Andy Biggs: NDAA veto override a crying shame\">pushing back<\/a> against the Biden administration&#8217;s interpretation\u2062 of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-hilton-report-dr-anthony-fauci-is-directly-responsible-with-funding-the-gain-of-function-studies-that-resulted-in-coronavirus-pandemic-video\/\" title=\"Steve Hilton Report: Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Directly Responsible with Funding the Gain-of-Function Studies that Resulted in Coronavirus Pandemic (VIDEO)\">cut funding<\/a> for school archery and hunting programs.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s Department of\u2062 Education cut funding for school archery and\u2063 hunting programs, which had been earmarked under the 1965 \u2063Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a move that has hit \u2062a nerve with centrist Democrats, who occupy positions in swing states. Among the biggest critics \u2063of the move is Tester, who demanded the decision be reversed in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.<\/p>\n<h3>Importance of Outdoor Education<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;In \u200cMontana, our schools have long offered \u2062shooting sport and hunter safety classes that play an important role in teaching safety and personal responsibility to\u2064 students,&#8221; Tester wrote\u200d in his letter, obtained by Fox News. \u200c&#8221;Outdoor recreation\u2064 is foundational to our western\u2063 way of life and any reduction of \u2062federal support for\u2063 these educational programs \u2062is unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Republicans and Democrats worked together last summer to pass BSCA, which aims to improve\u2062 the safety and well-being of American students while protecting law-abiding citizens\u2019 Second \u200cAmendment rights,&#8221; he continued.\u2064 &#8220;However, it appears\u2062 that the Department of Education \u2063has interpreted this law in a manner that\u200c may reduce\u2063 schools\u2019 ability to\u200b offer important and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-and-tester-lead-democrats-blasting-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs\/\" title=\"Manchin and Tester spearhead Democrats criticizing Biden's defunding of school hunting and archery programs.\">long-established gun training classes<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tester argued that\u2062 the move is an affront to not just learning\u200b but \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-education-officials-get-paid-six-figure-salaries-to-run-f-rated-school-districts\/\" title=\"Mississippi Education Officials Get Paid Six-Figure Salaries To Run F-Rated School Districts\">student safety<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By misinterpreting which activities are now \u200dsupported\u200c by\u2062 ESEA, \u200cthe Department of Education is limiting learning opportunities critical to student safety,&#8221;\u2063 he wrote. &#8220;I \u2063urge the Department \u200bof Education to reconsider the interpretation\u200c of BSCA \u200cin a way that does not limit learning opportunities for students and does not present barriers to critical hunter safety courses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> \u2062to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>Centrist Democrats Express Frustration<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps the Senate&#8217;s most\u200d well-known centrist Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), expressed his own frustrations with the \u200binterpretation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any defunding of schools who offer critical programs like archery and hunting clubs would be a gross misinterpretation of the legislation and yet another example of this administration\u2063 trying\u200b to advance their\u200c radical agenda with blatant disregard for the law,&#8221; he told Fox \u2063News on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is spearheading Senate Democrats&#8217; opposition to the Biden administration&#8217;s interpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. 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