A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House was not in session this week and is not expected back in August until action on a subsequent COVID-19 relief package is imminent. The Senate also has not announced a schedule for the upcoming week […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and other Senate GOP leaders released the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protections and Schools (HEALS) Act this week. The HEALS Act encompasses a series of bills that […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House is expected to bring its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill to the floor next week along with six other funding measures as part of […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill on a 30 to 22 party-line vote. The bill funds the U.S. Department of […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 LHHS appropriations legislation on a 9 to 6 party-line vote. The full Committee is scheduled to mark […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief (CCCERA) Act (S.4112), representing some of the education and childcare funding priorities for Senate Democrats in upcoming COVID-19 relief negotiations. The House passed H.R.2, the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House is expected to consider Democrat’s infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act, (H.R.2) next week. This legislation includes the school infrastructure provisions of the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act. House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House is scheduled to consider a veto override of H.J.Res.76, a Congressional Review Act resolution which would repeal the Administration’s final Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, on Friday, June 26. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Appropriations Committee is planning to hold markups of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations bills starting the week of June 22. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) sent an interim final rule regarding the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act (H.R.7010) by unanimous consent, and the President subsequently signed the bill into law. House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-NY) announced that she intends to hold all Appropriations Subcommittee and […]