CONGRESS The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released its draft bill text and draft explanatory statement for its fiscal year (FY) 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill. On a 64-33 vote, the Senate passed, and on a 243-187 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the CHIPS and Science […]
Penn Hill Group congratulates Vice President Elyse Wasch for receiving two honors stemming from her work on library policy: a tribute resolution from the American Library Association Committee on Legislation and being named the 2022 Library Champion by the Rhode Island Library Association. The tribute resolution recognized her prior work in the Office of Senator […]
CONGRESS On a 220-207 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a six-bill fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations minibus package that included funding bills for: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Summer interns, Mayra Herrera and Julianna Collado. Mayra is currently a fifth-year transfer student majoring in Political Science and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Julianna is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and a minor […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations sent its first fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations minibus package to the House Committee on Rules. The minibus includes funding bills for: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate adjourned this week for the July Fourth holiday and will return Tuesday, July 12 and Monday, July 11, respectively. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a press release on, and released unofficial copies of, its forthcoming proposed regulations on Borrower Defense to Repayment, […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) released its committee report for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The House Committee on Appropriations approved the LHHS subcommittee FY 2023 bill on a 32-24 vote. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) suffered a hip injury and his office […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations approved its 302(b) subcommittee allocations for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations cycle. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released legislative text for FY 2023 and passed the bill out of the subcommittee by a voice vote. The […]
Penn Hill Group congratulates Principal Vic Klatt on being named one of Washington’s Most Influential People by The Washingtonian. The list spotlights 500 individuals across 18 policy areas including education and labor who influence public policy in roles outside of the Federal government. The Washingtonian noted that each individual listed has “deep subject-matter […]
CONGRESS A bipartisan group of senators announced that they have agreed to a framework for firearm-related legislation that includes provisions regarding school safety and mental health. ADMINISTRATION President Biden signed an executive order on “Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals,” which, in part, aims to address “harmful and discriminatory legislative […]
