A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Budget Committee approved a reconciliation package consisting of the bills reported by Committees receiving reconciliation instructions to the full House, including the House Education and Labor legislation. The House is scheduled to debate this measure […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved its reconciliation bill, in response to the instructions included in the Budget Resolution passed this month, on a 31-24 vote. The bill includes $7.6 billion in funding to provide Wi-Fi-connected […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Education and Labor Committee released the text of its reconciliation bill in response to the Budget Resolution passed the prior week and subsequently approved it on a 27-21 party line vote this week. The Senate […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget resolution, which provided reconciliation instructions for Committees to produce legislation to enact budget proposals. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a confirmation […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE This week, House Education and Labor Republicans announced new GOP Members that would join the Committee. The list of members can be found here. The House Appropriations Democrats announced the Democratic Subcommittee Chairs and new Subcommittee Members. […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Senators Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) were sworn into the Senate on Wednesday providing Democrats, due to the swearing in of Vice President Harris, to be recognized as of the majority party […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump by a vote of 232-197. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a memorandum explaining that the protections against discrimination based on sex provided by Title IX […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 Presidential election. Reverend Raphael Warnockand Jon Ossoff have been declared the winners of the two Georgia Senate runoff races by major media outlets. […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Congressional leaders are continuing to work to finalize the 12 bills included in the omnibus Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations legislation and reach an agreement on additional COVID-19 relief. ADMINISTRATION President Trump signed H.R.8900 into law to […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate passed a measure to extend the current Continuing Resolution to next Friday, December 18. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on “The 2020 Census: The Bureau Concluded Field Work but Uncertainty […]