Former House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Bill Goodling (R-PA) died at the age of 89 last week. Penn Hill Group Principals Vic Klatt and D’Arcy Philps have worked for Rep. Goodling as GOP staff director for the Committee and as a professional staff member for the Committee, respectively. Upon learning of his passing, […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE Congressional Democrats sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos urging her to reinstate ED’s information sharing agreements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in connection with oversight of Federal student loans, which […]
Meet Barbara Esuoso, a junior at Cornell University, who has joined Penn Hill Group as an intern for this fall/winter. With an interest in education inequality, Barbara is a Government major with minors in Business and Africana Studies. See our interview with Barbara below to learn more about her and all that she brings to our office. Welcome, […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE President Trump and Democratic Congressional leaders announced their support for attaching an extension of the Federal government’s borrowing authority and a continuing resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2018 funding through December 2017 to legislation providing additional spending for […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 5 to discuss the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 3354), indicating that the House will consider this legislation this week. This […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 4th Labor Day Holiday. The House Rules Committee posted a running list of potential amendments to the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 4th Labor Day Holiday. The House Rules Committee posted the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2018 (H.R. 3354), which is […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 4th Labor Day Holiday. The House Rules Committee announced that they will likely issue an amendment deadline prior to their return from the August recess for consideration of […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE 62 Members of Congress sent a bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos urging her to take steps toward reducing excessive discipline in schools. 59 Members of Congress sent a letter to ED Secretary […]
