A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Bobby Scott (D-VA) wrote to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine Lhamon on racial discrimination in K-12 schools and higher education. ADMINISTRATION The Biden […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to favorably report the fiscal year 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill to the full U.S. Senate by a 26-2 margin. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3941 – Schools Not Shelters Act on a 222-201 vote. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released State-by State data on loan forgiveness resulting from Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) payment count corrections. ED […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) released bill text for its fiscal year 2024 appropriations and reported the bill to the Full Appropriations Committee favorably on […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed “H.Res.461 – Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States” on a 223-201 vote. The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX) announced that House Republicans would draft fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations legislation at final overall FY 2022 spending levels. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS On a 22-16 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.Res.461 – Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States. […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 on a 314-117 vote and the U.S. Senate passed the same legislation on a 63-36 vote. On a 52-46 vote, the Senate passed H.J. Res 45 – “Providing for […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS On a 218-203 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res 45 – “Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Waivers and […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen sent Congress a follow-up letter to her May 1 letter on the U.S. debt limit. On Monday, May 22, the House Committee on Rules will meet to consider H.J. Res. 45 – Providing […]