HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess this week and will return next week. The House was blocked from passing a disaster relief package by unanimous consent that would provide $165 million in funding for schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) and $55 million for Head Start programs affected by recent […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Judiciary Committee passed the Dream Act (H.R. 2820) on a 19 to 10 vote, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The Senate passed a disaster relief package on a 85 to 8 vote, that would provide $165 million in funding for schools […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-NY) confirmed that the Committee will be marking up the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act next week. The House Education and Labor Committee passed the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act (H.R. 2574) and the Strength in Diversity Act (H.R. 2639). Both bills were […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler (D-NY) confirmed that the Committee will be marking up the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act next week. The House Education and Labor Committee passed the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act (H.R. 2574) and the Strength in Diversity Act (H.R. 2639). Both bills were […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Committee marked up and passed its fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations bill by a vote of 30 to 23. A summary of the bill can be found here and the report language can be found here. The House LHHS Appropriations Committee […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations bill by a voice vote (a summary of the bill can be found here). Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) met with […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess next week and will return the week of April 29. The deadline to submit written testimony to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget is June 3. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess for the next two weeks and will return the week of April 29. The House passed H. Res. 293, which established an overall discretionary spending level of $1.295 trillion for fiscal year (FY) 2020. House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) announced that $631 billion […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Budget Committee passed a budget bill that would raise the fiscal year (FY) 2020 and FY2021 discretionary spending caps by a vote of 19 to 17. The bill would provide a $34 billion increase to non-defense spending in FY2020 and an additional $15 billion increase for FY2021. The bill would […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a public witness fiscal year (FY) 2020 hearing on Tuesday, April 9. The deadline to submit written testimony is Monday, April 8. ADMINISTRATION The Administration released additional materials on its FY2020 budget, including the budget proposals […]