A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was elected to a third term as Speaker of the House, by a vote of 216-192. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced recommendations for committee assignments – Democrats will vote on the nominations this week. […]

A quick look at the news from last week: BUDGET Congress approved and the President signed into law an FY2015 “cromnibus” appropriations bill – the House passed the bill by a vote of 219—206, and the Senate passed it by a vote of 56—40. The appropriations bill largely flat funds most education and workforce programs […]

A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess and are scheduled to return for legislative business on November 11. ADMINISTRATION The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague letter focused on requirements related to Title VI of […]

A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess and are scheduled to return for legislative business on November 11. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education released information on the latest cohort default rate (CDR) calculations for institutions of higher education. As in past years, […]

A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess until September 8. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a joint subcommittee hearing titled, “Improving Department of Education Policies and Programs through Independent Oversight,” on Wednesday, September 10. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department […]

A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess until September 8. House education committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate education committee Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) look into the Department of Education’s waiver policies for […]

A quick look at the news from last week: SENATE and HOUSE The House and Senate were in recess last week. The House is scheduled to take up H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on Wednesday, July 9. The bill, which is a bipartisan compromise between House and Senate leaders on two pieces […]

A quick look at the news from last week: SENATE The Senate passed H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act by a vote of 95-3 on Thursday, with Senators Coburn (R-OK), Johnson (R-WI) and Lee (R-UT) voting against it. The bill represents a bipartisan compromise between House and Senate leaders on two pieces of […]

A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE  Current House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) lost his Republican primary race in Virginia  and announced that he will step down from the Majority Leader position at the end of July. In a vote on Thursday, Republicans chose current Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), […]

A quick look at the news from last week (May 26-30): HOUSE  The House Science Committee finished marking up, and passed by a vote of 20 to 16, the “Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014” (the FIRST Act, H.R. 4186). The committee began marking up the bill on May 20. The bill […]