A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House passed the Senate-approved fiscal year 2018 budget resolution by a vote of 216—212. The bill provides reconciliation instructions that allow $1.5 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years for the purpose of passing tax cuts. The […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The Senate passed its fiscal year 2018 budget resolution by a vote of 51—49. The bill provides reconciliation instructions that allow $1.5 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years for the purpose of passing tax cuts. […]
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 has scheduled an Executive Session to vote on Carlos Muñiz’s nomination to serve as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on Wednesday, October 18. A […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a statement opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) decision to rescind the Obama Administration’s Title IX guidance. SENATE The Senate Budget Committee released text of its […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE Congressional Democrats sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos urging her to reinstate ED’s information sharing agreements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in connection with oversight of Federal student loans, which […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE President Trump and Democratic Congressional leaders announced their support for attaching an extension of the Federal government’s borrowing authority and a continuing resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2018 funding through December 2017 to legislation providing additional spending for […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 5 to discuss the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 3354), indicating that the House will consider this legislation this week. This […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 4th Labor Day Holiday. The House Rules Committee posted a running list of potential amendments to the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 4th Labor Day Holiday. The House Rules Committee posted the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2018 (H.R. 3354), which is […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House and Senate will be in recess until after the September 4th Labor Day Holiday. The House Rules Committee announced that they will likely issue an amendment deadline prior to their return from the August recess for consideration of […]