A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Subcommittee is scheduled to mark up its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations bill on Monday, July 12. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released “Priority […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Appropriations Committee announced its Fiscal Year 2022 markup schedule. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to advance the nomination of Gwen Graham to serve as the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The U.S. Senate passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, without an amendment that would have permitted Pell grants to be used for short-term courses at institutions of higher education, by a vote of 68-32. ADMINISTRATION The […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were not in session this past week. Next week, the House will have a committee work week with no legislative business scheduled on the House floor and the Senate will be in session. […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate confirmed Cindy Marten to serve as Deputy Secretary of ED by a vote of 54-44. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to advance the nominations of Jocelyn Samuels to serve as Equal […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate did not conduct legislative business this week. The Senate returns for floor votes on Monday, May 10 and the House will resume legislative activity on Tuesday, May 11. Cloture has been filed on […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration released an outline of its American Families Plan, the second part of the President’s Build Back Better infrastructure plan. President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced the nominations of Cindy Marten to serve as Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education (ED), James Kvaal to serve as the Department’s Under Secretary and […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee, Senator Warren released data she had received from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that estimated the number of borrowers that would have their loans […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess this week. The Senate returns on Monday, April 12, and the House returns for legislative business on Tuesday, April 13. ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration released an overview of its Fiscal […]