A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE President Trump signed the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which the House and Senate passed by a vote of 309-118 and 79-18, respectively. The bill funds the U.S. Department of Education (ED) at $68.24 billion in discretionary […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE Last week, the House and Senate passed a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) (H.J.Res. 99) to continue funding for Federal programs and services until May 5, 2017. Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Omnibus […]
CQ Roll Call named Penn Hill Group Vice President Lindsay Fryer a Rising Star of 2017. CQ said Fryer is an advocate “who will wield power and influence in Washington.” CQ outlined Fryer’s professional background, including her time student teaching in Boston, to her studies at Harvard University, to her research at the American Institutes […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will return from their recess next week. The current continuing resolution that is funding the Federal government expires on Friday, April 28. The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess until the week of April 24. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) issued a statement in opposition to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Ranking Members Bobby Scott (D-VA) of the Education and the Workforce Committee, John Conyers (D-MI) of the Judiciary Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS) of the Homeland Security Committee and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman and Ranking Member, Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) respectively, and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman and Ranking Member, Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) respectively, […]
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 supporting the Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District requiring that a school must offer an individualized education program that […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) issued a statement in support of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) template for […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Republicans released a bill, the American Health Care Act, to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees held markups and passed the bill by a vote of […]