HOUSE and SENATE Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have stated that negotiations on an extension of the Federal debt limit as well as increases for the Fiscal Year 2020 and 2021 spending caps for Defense and Non-Defense discretionary spending are continuing. It has been reported that the […]
HOUSE and SENATE The Senate confirmed Robert King as the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on a 56 to 37 vote. The Senate confirmed John Pallasch as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on a 54 […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess this week and will return next week. ADMINISTRATION The President signed a $4.6 billion emergency border relief package into law. The bill provides $2.9 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, which takes custody of migrant children from the U.S. Customs and […]
ADMINISTRATION The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) final regulatory action on Gainful Employment (GE). ED is appealing a Federal judge’s ruling that ED’s delay of the Obama-era State Authorization regulation was improper. A group of students who attended for-profit institutions of higher education […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House passed its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill as part of a larger package of appropriations bills (H.R. 2740) on a 226 to 203 vote. The measure was combined with the Defense, Energy and Water, and State and Foreign Operations appropriations bills. […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House has finished considering amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations portion of a larger four-part appropriations bill (H.R. 2740). The overall measure combined LHHS with the Defense, Energy and Water, and State and Foreign Operations appropriations bills into one package for […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Fall intern, Serena Uy. Serena is a recent graduate from New York University Shanghai with a degree in Global China Studies. See our interview with Serena below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Serena! Why did you decide to spend a semester in […]
Washington, D.C. – Penn Hill Group today announced James F. Manning a leader in education management, operations and policy, will join the firm as Senior Advisor. Penn Hill Group principal Vic Klatt said, “Penn Hill Group is thrilled to announce Jim Manning as our new Senior Advisor. Jim is a seasoned expert with extensive federal […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House passed a disaster relief package on a 354 to 58 vote, which the President subsequently signed into law. The bill provides $165 million in funding for schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) and $55 million for Head Start programs affected by recent natural disasters. The House passed the American […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s summer interns, Alex Davis and Soraya Zrikem. Alex is a junior at Cornell University’s Department of Government and Soraya is a rising Sophomore at the University of Michigan. See our interviews with Alex and Soraya below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Alex […]
