A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Republican Members released their Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization bill, the PROSPER Act, as well as a summary and fact sheet on the bill. SENATE The Senate Budget Committee reported out the Senate […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Five Ranking Members of House Committees sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric Hargan regarding HHS’s Request for Information entitled, “Removing Barriers for Religious and Faith-Based Organizations to Participate in […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by a vote of 227—205. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing to discuss the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Committee Republicans […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Ways and Means Committee completed marking up the House GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. During the markup, several changes were made to the education-related provisions of the tax bill, including reducing the number of institutions with endowments […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Republicans released their tax bill Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which amends or repeals sections or provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Among the education-related changes, the bill would place an excise tax on endowment earnings at certain […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House passed the Senate-approved fiscal year 2018 budget resolution by a vote of 216—212. The bill provides reconciliation instructions that allow $1.5 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years for the purpose of passing tax cuts. The […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate passed its fiscal year 2018 budget resolution by a vote of 51—49. The bill provides reconciliation instructions that allow $1.5 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years for the purpose of passing tax cuts. […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has scheduled an Executive Session to vote on Carlos Muñiz’s nomination to serve as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on Wednesday, October 18. A […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in an October 5 Education Week article, “Cutting Deals With Trump: Will It Fly or Flop For Democrats on Education?” Klatt commented on upcoming and potential legislative action in Congress: “There’s a decent chance lawmakers could slip some kind of expanded child-care benefit into the GOP’s bigger […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a statement opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) decision to rescind the Obama Administration’s Title IX guidance. SENATE The Senate Budget Committee released text of its […]