CONGRESS Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) use of Federal resources in addressing “school board-related threats.” A spokesperson for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) indicated that Sen. Sanders will seek the top Democrat […]
CONGRESS Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) won their Senate elections, ensuring at least a 50-50 Democrat majority (with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote) for the 118th Congress. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was re-elected to serve as Minority Leader in the 118th Congress by his fellow Senate Republicans. Senator […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Fall interns, Joy Agwu and Chris Bezdedeanu. Joy is a rising Junior majoring in English and minoring in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Chris is a rising senior at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs where he is double majoring in Citizenship & Civic Engagement […]
CONGRESS Elections were held this week for the entire U.S. House of Representatives and one-third of the U.S. Senate. Ballots are still being counted in House and Senate races to determine overall party control of each chamber. ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration issued a statement titled, “The Biden-Harris Administration Advances Equity and Opportunity for Black Americans […]
ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration issued a press release on its student loan forgiveness initiative, stating that 26 million people have provided the U.S. Department of Education (ED) with the information to receive debt relief and that 16 million applications for such relief had been approved. ED released final rules for Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR), […]
