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 […]

CONGRESS House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) announced the House Education and Workforce subcommittee assignments for Republicans during the 119th Congress. House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) announced the House Education and Workforce subcommittee assignments for Democrats during the 119th Congress. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed its rules package for the 119th Congress by a 215 to 209 margin. House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) announced the Republican members appointed to serve on the Committee in the 119th Congress. This list includes five new members. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress. U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law a fiscal year 2025 Continuing Resolution, funding the Federal government at largely current levels through March 14. While this law included $100 billion in disaster assistance and a […]

CONGRESS Earlier this week, Congressional leadership released bill text for a package that included a continuing resolution (CR) through March 14, 2025, disaster relief, additional farm aid (including an extension of the Farm bill through September 2025), Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Older Americans Act (OAA) reauthorization measures, $500 million for the Child […]

CONGRESS The House Republican Steering Committee selected Tim Walberg (R-MI) to be the Chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee for the 119th Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8070, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025, by a 281 to 140 margin. This bill included some education- and workforce- […]

CONGRESS House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) published the House’s legislative calendar for 2025. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced the Senate’s legislative calendar for 2025. Sen. Thune (R-SD) announced a potential budget reconciliation plan focused on border security, defense and energy matters, signaling that a separate reconciliation bill for tax issues would […]