HOUSE and SENATE This week, Senators sought to advance, by unanimous consent, two proposals to extend mandatory funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) under the Higher Education Act (HEA), the FUTURE Act (H.R.2486) and the Student Aid Improvement Act (S.2557). Both requests were objected to and therefore did […]
HOUSE and SENATE The Senate, in a 51-41 vote, failed to pass an initial vote to start debate on a second fiscal year (FY) 2020 spending package.The four-bill package, H.R. 2740 (116), includes the Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, State Foreign-Operations and Energy-Water spending measures for FY 2020. The House Education and Labor Committee held a markup on the College Affordability Act (H.R.4674), the […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are both in recess and will return the week of September 9th. The Senate passed legislation embodying the deal (H.R. 3877) to raise the U.S.’s debt limit and increase the budget caps for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2020 and 2021 on a 67 to 28 vote. The Senate Health, […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Fall intern, Serena Uy. Serena is a recent graduate from New York University Shanghai with a degree in Global China Studies. See our interview with Serena below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Serena! Why did you decide to spend a semester in […]
Washington, D.C. – Penn Hill Group today announced James F. Manning a leader in education management, operations and policy, will join the firm as Senior Advisor. Penn Hill Group principal Vic Klatt said, “Penn Hill Group is thrilled to announce Jim Manning as our new Senior Advisor. Jim is a seasoned expert with extensive federal […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House passed a disaster relief package on a 354 to 58 vote, which the President subsequently signed into law. The bill provides $165 million in funding for schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) and $55 million for Head Start programs affected by recent natural disasters. The House passed the American […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s summer interns, Alex Davis and Soraya Zrikem. Alex is a junior at Cornell University’s Department of Government and Soraya is a rising Sophomore at the University of Michigan. See our interviews with Alex and Soraya below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Alex […]
Meet Gretchen Hopkirk, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, who has joined Penn Hill Group as an intern for this winter. Gretchen is a Television Studies major with a minor in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy. See our interview with Gretchen below to learn more about her and all that she brings to our […]
HOUSE and SENATE Senate Budget Committee Chair Mike Enzi (R-WY) said that informal conversations have begun between Republicans and Democrats about raising the discretionary spending caps for fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021. The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a public witness FY2020 hearing on […]
HOUSE AND SENATE The Senate voted to cut off debate, or invoke cloture, on the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. With 51 senators voting to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to a final vote expected over the weekend. ADMINISTRATION It has been reported that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will miss […]
