A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. ADMINISTRATION President Joe Biden offered remarks and Vice President Kamala Harris issued a statement on the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision on Affirmative Action. The Biden Administration also announced “Actions to Promote Educational Opportunity and Diversity in Colleges […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed “H.Res.461 – Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States” on a 223-201 vote. The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX) announced that House Republicans would draft fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations legislation at final overall FY 2022 spending levels. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed the […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS On a 22-16 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.Res.461 – Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States. […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 on a 314-117 vote and the U.S. Senate passed the same legislation on a 63-36 vote. On a 52-46 vote, the Senate passed H.J. Res 45 – “Providing for […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS On a 218-203 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res 45 – “Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Waivers and […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen sent Congress a follow-up letter to her May 1 letter on the U.S. debt limit. On Monday, May 22, the House Committee on Rules will meet to consider H.J. Res. 45 – Providing […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Glenna Wright-Gallo to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on a 52-44 vote. The U.S House of Representatives Committee on Education and […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen sent a letter to Congress stating that the U.S. could default on its debt limit obligations as early as June 1, 2023. Chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Kay […]