A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill on a 30 to 22 party-line vote. The bill funds the U.S. Department of […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 LHHS appropriations legislation on a 9 to 6 party-line vote. The full Committee is scheduled to mark […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief (CCCERA) Act (S.4112), representing some of the education and childcare funding priorities for Senate Democrats in upcoming COVID-19 relief negotiations. The House passed H.R.2, the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House is expected to consider Democrat’s infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, (H.R.2) next week. This legislation includes the school infrastructure provisions of the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act. House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) […]
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A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House is scheduled to consider a veto override of H.J.Res.76, a Congressional Review Act resolution which would repeal the Administration’s final Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, on Friday, June 26. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Appropriations Committee is planning to hold markups of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations bills starting the week of June 22. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) sent an interim final rule regarding the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act (H.R.7010) by unanimous consent, and the President subsequently signed the bill into law. House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) announced that she intends to hold all Appropriations Subcommittee and […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House passed the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act (H.R.7010) by a 417 to 1 vote. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) publicly signaled that negotiations on another COVID-19 relief package would begin in the “next month or so.” ADMINISTRATION U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said, in a letter to the Council […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R.6800) by a 208 to 199 vote. Congress sent H.J.Res.76, a Congressional Review Act resolution which would repeal the Administration’s final Borrower Defense to Repayment (BDR) rule, to the President for signature. The Senate will be on its Memorial […]
