CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed the House GOP’s budget reconciliation bill on a 215 to 214 vote. House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) announced the markup schedule for the House appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY) 2026. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill is set […]
CONGRESS The House Ways and Means Committee passed its reconciliation bill on a party-line 26 to 19 vote, advancing it to the House Budget Committee. The House Agriculture Committee passed its reconciliation bill on a party-line 29 to 25 vote, advancing it to the House Budget Committee. The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed its […]
CONGRESS The Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the FCC’s “Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program” rule in a 50 to 38 vote. The rule allows telecommunications funds to support take-home Wi-Fi for students. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced its intention to hold negotiated rulemaking sessions on […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Spring interns, Elle Jones and Meredith Kuhl. Elle is a Junior at Pomona College, majoring in Public Policy Analysis, with a concentration in Politics, and a minor in Mathematics. Meredith is a student at Indiana University – Bloomington, where she will be graduating this December. Meredith is majoring in Law and […]
CONGRESS The House Education and Workforce Committee passed its reconciliation bill by a 21 to 14 vote. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a markup of S.558, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025, and S.163, the Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025. Final votes on both bills were postponed. The House […]
