HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Appropriations Committee released its (FY) 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill and report language. The House passed a continuing resolution (H.R.4378) that would fund the Federal government through November 21 by a 301 to 123 vote. The Senate is expected to vote on the continuing […]

HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 302(b) allocations, which determine the level of overall funding for each of the 12 appropriations bills, on a 16 to 15 party-line vote. The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill was allocated $187.7 billion. Earlier this year, […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are both in recess and will return next week. The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 LHHS appropriations bill on Tuesday, September 10. Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) announced that she will retire at the end […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are both in recess and will return the week of September 9th. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) announced that he would retire at the end of 2019, citing health problems. Senator Isakson was and is a long-time member of both the House and Senate education committees and chairs the […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are both in recess and will return the week of September 9th. ADMINISTRATION The President signed an executive order directing the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to simplify the process for permanently disabled veterans to receive student loan forgiveness. The […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are both in recess and will return the week of September 9th. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) sent a letter to the other HELP Committee members asking for bipartisan proposals within the Committee’s jurisdiction that could help prevent future mass shootings, […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are both in recess and will return the week of September 9th. ADMINISTRATION The President signed into law a budget that would raise the U.S.’s debt limit and increase the budget caps for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2020 and 2021. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) updated its recent […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House passed legislation embodying the deal (H.R. 3877) to raise the U.S.’s debt limit and increase the budget caps for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2020 and 2021 on a 284 to 149 vote. The bill would raise limits on non-defense discretionary spending by $24.5 billion and defense discretionary spending by $19.5 billion […]

HOUSE and SENATE Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have stated that negotiations on an extension of the Federal debt limit as well as increases for the Fiscal Year 2020 and 2021 spending caps for Defense and Non-Defense discretionary spending are continuing. It has been reported that the […]

HOUSE and SENATE The Senate confirmed Robert King as the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on a 56 to 37 vote. The Senate confirmed John Pallasch as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on a 54 […]