The National Coalition for Literacy is tweeting live today, February 8, 2:45-4:00 pm ET, from the House Adult Literacy Caucus briefing. Follow the conversation via @NCLAdvocacy and the #adulted #LitCaucus hashtags.

Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) and Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) plan to attend and speak.  The following Members of Congress will be sending an education staff person to the briefing or will be attending in person.. The offices that have RSVP’d thus far include:

Wednesday, February 1, members of the House-Senate Conference Committee met to further discuss issues and work out their differences surrounding the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, H.R. 3765. According to Roll Call, a newspaper which covers Capitol Hill, legislators “…still find themselves on shaky ground after their second meeting, with broad agreement on where to go but little agreement on how to get there.”

Legislators discussed the education requirement at great length, which was proposed by House Republicans as part of an earlier…