A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group CONGRESS The House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act and H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023. Both bills passed on 27-15 votes. ADMINISTRATION President Biden […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations announced that the deadline to submit programmatic and report language requests for the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) is March 24. The announcement indicated that the House will not accept Community Project Funding requests for fiscal year 2024. As […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group CONGRESS The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations announced that the deadline for programmatic, report language, and Congressionally Direct Spending requests for the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies is April 13. ADMINISTRATION The White House hosted […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group CONGRESS U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) announced the Committee’s subcommittee rosters, including the roster for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies subcommittee. The Senate Committee on Health, […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group CONGRESS The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held its organizing meeting, ratifying the committee’s funding resolution and rules for the 118th Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives on Education and the Workforce held its first hearing […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Committees on Appropriations released the bill text for, and several resources pertaining to, the fiscal year 2023 appropriations omnibus bill. You can find the bill text here, the explanatory statement for the bill here, the Senate Labor Health and Human Services and Related Agencies (LHHS) summary […]
CONGRESS U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that lawmakers reached an agreement on a bipartisan, bicameral framework for fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution to keep the Federal government funded until December 23. ADMINISTRATION President Joe Biden issued a […]
CONGRESS Incumbent U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) defeated challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced that she will leave the Democrat Party and will no longer caucus with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate. Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) announced that he will run against Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for Speaker […]
CONGRESS Democrats elected Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as House Minority Leader, Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) as Minority Whip and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) as caucus chair. A group of Republican House Members sent a letter to the House Republican Steering Committee in support of Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) serving as Chair of the House Education […]
CONGRESS Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) use of Federal resources in addressing “school board-related threats.” A spokesperson for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) indicated that Sen. Sanders will seek the top Democrat […]