A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House was not in session this week. The House and Senate will have a District and State work period next week. ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration released its first full Presidential budget submission to Congress for Fiscal […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate began debate on amendments to the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (also known as the Endless Frontier Act). Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed a substitute amendment with debate and consideration […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Spring interns, Shane Werner, Soraya Zrikem & Kirsten Mettler. Shane is a junior at the University of Michigan, majoring in Political Science and History. Soraya and Kirsten are returning Penn Hill Group interns. Soraya is a senior at the University of Michigan and is pursuing a double major in Philosophy, Politics […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate passed a measure to extend the current Continuing Resolution to next Friday, December 18. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on “The 2020 Census: The Bureau Concluded Field Work but Uncertainty […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate on Monday, October 26 confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the 115th justice on the U.S. Supreme Court by a 52-48 vote. House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert “Bobby” C. Scott (D-VA) released documents […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Fall interns, Soraya Zrikem and Kirsten Mettler. Soraya, a returning Penn Hill Group intern, is a senior at the University of Michigan and is pursuing a double major in Philosophy, Politics & Economics and English. Kirsten is a sophomore at Stanford University and plans to major in Political Science with minors […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Summer intern, Jack Rafferty. Jack is a rising senior at Miami University of Ohio, majoring in History with a minor in Political Science. See our interview with Jack below to learn more about him and all that he brings to the Penn Hill Group team. Welcome, Jack! Why did you decide […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Summer interns, Ailen Salazar and Alex Davis. Both are rising seniors at Cornell University; Ailen is pursuing a double major in Spanish and Sociology and Alex is majoring in Government. See our interviews with Ailen and Alex below to learn more about them and all that they bring to the Penn […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess until the week of May 4. The Senate and House both passed, and the President signed into law, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R.266). The bill provides $484 billion in funding for small-businesses, hospitals and for COVID-19 testing, including $310 billion […]
HOUSE and SENATE Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA), Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, released a discussion draft amending the National Apprenticeship Act. The Committee is seeking public comment on the draft by March 11, 2020 to be submitted to Apprenticeship.Comments@mail.house.gov. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the creation of a webpage on their main website […]
