CONGRESS Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy invited President Joe Biden to give the annual State of the Union Address on February 7. President Biden has accepted this invitation. The House Committee on Appropriations announced subcommittee chair assignments for the 118th Congress. Rep. Robert Aderholt will serve as the chair of the […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives elected Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to serve as Speaker of the House on the 15th ballot. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) was selected to chair the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) was selected to Chair the House Committee on Ways and Means. The Government […]

CONGRESS The House and Senate convened for the start of the 118th Congress on January 3.  The U.S. Senate was in session briefly and will be returning for legislative business on January 23. The U.S. House of Representatives Clerk gaveled the chamber into session on January 3, but the body has yet to get past […]

Meet Penn Hill Group’s Fall interns, Joy Agwu and Chris Bezdedeanu. Joy is a rising Junior majoring in English and minoring in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and Chris is a rising senior at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs where he is double majoring in Citizenship & Civic Engagement […]

Penn Hill Group congratulates Vice President Elyse Wasch for receiving two honors stemming from her work on library policy: a tribute resolution from the American Library Association Committee on Legislation and being named the 2022 Library Champion by the Rhode Island Library Association. The tribute resolution recognized her prior work in the Office of Senator […]

Meet Penn Hill Group’s Summer interns, Mayra Herrera and Julianna Collado. Mayra is currently a fifth-year transfer student majoring in Political Science and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Julianna is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and a minor […]

    Penn Hill Group congratulates Principal Vic Klatt on being named one of Washington’s Most Influential People by The Washingtonian. The list spotlights 500 individuals across 18 policy areas including education and labor who influence public policy in roles outside of the Federal government. The Washingtonian noted that each individual listed has “deep subject-matter […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1151, a deeming resolution that establishes an overall Federal discretionary spending limit at $1.6 trillion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 for the purposes of House Appropriations Committee action on FY 2023 appropriations bills. This resolution is not binding upon the Senate. The House Appropriations Committee released […]

Penn Hill Group is pleased to announce the addition of Elyse Wasch as Vice President. Wasch joins Penn Hill Group from Capitol Hill, where she most recently served as Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) for nearly 17 years. During her more than 27-year career on Capitol Hill, Wasch […]