CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S Senate are both in recess. The House will return on September 13 and the Senate will return on September 6. ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration released the details of its plan on student loan forgiveness, an extension of the pause on student loan repayment, interest and collections […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S Senate are both in recess. The House will return on September 13 and the Senate will return on September 6. ADMINISTRATION President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced new details on Operation Fresh Start, the Biden […]
CONGRESS The U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The U.S. House of Representatives considered the bill today and has not yet exhausted general debate time on the bill. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report titled, “College Closures: Education Should Improve Outreach to Borrowers about Loan Discharges.” ADMINISTRATION President Biden signed the […]
CONGRESS U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that the Senate would be in session starting tomorrow (Saturday) to begin consideration of the Democrat’s budget reconciliation bill, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-IN), who served on the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and the House Ethics Committee, […]
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, […]
