A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess, they will return on November 30. House and Senate conferees approved the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) conference report as amended by a vote of 38 to 1. Per Committee […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Education Week’s Politics K-12 Blog is reporting that House and Senate committee leaders have reached a compromise on a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), with the possibility of conferees being appointed this week. The Education […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House is in recess and will return Monday, November 16. The Senate will be in recess on Wednesday, November 11 only. BUDGET The President signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. This bill will increase spending caps for […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected as Speaker of the House. The House Education and the Workforce Committee passed H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business and Opportunity Act, by a vote of 21 to 15. BUDGET Congress passed the Bipartisan […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE A floor vote for Speaker of the House is scheduled to occur on Thursday, October 29. The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a subcommittee hearing on career and technical education […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess and will return on Tuesday, October 20. BUDGET U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sent an updated letter to Congress indicating that the debt limit is likely to be exceeded […]
HOUSE The House is in recess and will return on Tuesday, October 20. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced he will no longer run for Speaker of the House. House leadership elections have been postponed. In a statement, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that he would continue serving as Speaker until a successor is in place. […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced House leadership elections will take place on Thursday, October 8. Speaker Boehner intends to resign from the speakership and his House seat at the end of the month. The House Ways and […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced he will resign from Congress and give up his speakership at the end of October. The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on H.R. 3033, the Research […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE AND SENATE The House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 2940, the Educator Tax Relief Act of 2015, which makes tax credits for teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies (up to $250 annually) permanent. The Wall Street […]