Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (November 11 – 15).  SENATE and HOUSE Bipartisan legislation to expand access to early childhood education was introduced in both the Senate and House last week, led by Senator Harkin (D-IA) in the Senate, and Rep. Miller (D-CA) and Rep. Hanna (R-NY) in the House. The “Strong Start […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (November 4 – 8). SENATE  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold a full committee hearing on Thursday, November 14 on “Ensuring Access to Higher Education: Simplifying Federal Student Aid for Today’s College Student.” The hearing is part of a series of hearings on […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (October 28 –  November 1) in Washington.  HOUSE Majority Leader Cantor released the 2014 schedule for the House of Representatives. The target adjournment date for the 113th Congress is December 12, 2014. The House is scheduled to be in recess this week. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (October 21 –  25) in Washington.  BUDGET The House/Senate Budget Conference Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Only opening statements are expected to be offered. The Department of Education released its most updated program funding table reflecting the recently passed continuing resolution. SENATE The […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (October 14 –  18) in Washington. BUDGET On Wednesday, Congress passed and the President signed into law a measure (H.R. 2775) ending the government shutdown and extending the federal debt limit. This legislation passed the House on a 285-144 vote and the Senate on a 81-18 vote. The […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (October 7 –  11) in Washington.  BUDGET Congress was unable to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, and a government shutdown began on October 1.  In addition, the Treasury Department previously announced that the federal government will reach the debt ceiling on October […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (September 30 – October 4) in Washington.  BUDGET Congress was unable to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, and a government shutdown began on October 1. Congressional leaders met with President Obama on Wednesday but failed to come to an agreement on […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (September 23 – 27) in Washington.  BUDGET On Friday, the Senate passed the continuing resolution (CR) that was passed by the House, after stripping out language that would prohibit funding to be used for the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and changing the CR’s expiration date […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (September 16 – 20) in Washington.   BUDGET On Friday, the House passed a short-term Continuing Resolution that would keep the government funded at current levels through December 15, 2013, and would prohibit funding to be used for ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act) and allow the Treasury Secretary […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (September 9 – 13) in Washington.    BUDGET House Appropriations Chairman Harold Rodgers filed a version of a continuing resolution (CR) that would extend funding for FY14 through December 15, 2013 at essentially the final 2013 levels, which is approximately $986 billion for the entire federal government – a […]