CONGRESS The House Appropriations Committee announced that the portal Members use to file programmatic, language and Community Project Funding requests will open up on April 14 for fiscal year (FY) 2026 filings. Submissions for the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee are due May 23. The Senate Budget Committee […]

CONGRESS Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) seeking answers to questions about the effects of the Department’s recent Reduction […]

CONGRESS By a 217 to 213 vote, the House passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the government through September 30. The Senate subsequently passed this measure by a 54 to 46 vote, sending it to the President for his signature to become law. The Senate voted 67 to 32 […]

CONGRESS The Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education by a 51 to 45 vote. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12 to 11 to advance to the full Senate Keith Sonderling’s nomination to serve as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor. The Senate invoked cloture by a 66 to […]

CONGRESS The Senate invoked cloture by a 51 to 47 vote, ending debate on Linda McMahon’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education. McMahon’s confirmation vote is scheduled for Monday at 5:30 PM. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted 14 to 9 to advance Rep. Lori Chavez DeRemer’s nomination for U.S. […]

CONGRESS On February 27, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor. The Senate HELP Committee voted 12 to 11 to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education to the full Senate. Former […]

CONGRESS On February 20, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Linda McMahon to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services on a 52 to 48 vote. The Senate Budget Committee passed […]

CONGRESS U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that there may be a fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget resolution markup in the U.S. House Committee on the Budget next week. The U.S. Senate Budget Committee released text of a FY 2025 budget resolution. The Committee will hold a markup on the resolution on February 12 […]

CONGRESS Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) announced the membership for Senate Appropriations subcommittees in the 119th Congress. The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Subcommittee retains the same leadership from last Congress, with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) serving as Chair and Sen. […]

CONGRESS The U.S. Senate passed S.5, the Laken Riley Act, by a 64 to 35 margin. The U.S. House of Representatives subsequently passed this version of the bill by a 263 to 156 margin, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk to become law. The Government Accountability Office released a report titled “Head Start: Action […]