ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced additional political appointees. ED’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shared that it will be begin a series of reviews to provide information on ED’s programs and operations in light of its recent employee separations, which occurred through the Deferred Resignation Program, voluntary separation incentive payment, voluntary early […]

CONGRESS The Senate Appropriations Committee released guidance for fiscal year 2026 appropriations requests. For the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Subcommittee, the deadline to submit Congressionally Directed Spending requests is May 16, and the deadline for programmatic requests is May 23. The Senate passed its version of the budget resolution […]

CONGRESS The House Appropriations Committee announced that the portal Members use to file programmatic, language and Community Project Funding requests will open up on April 14 for fiscal year (FY) 2026 filings. Submissions for the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee are due May 23. The Senate Budget Committee […]

CONGRESS Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) seeking answers to questions about the effects of the Department’s recent Reduction […]

CONGRESS By a 217 to 213 vote, the House passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the government through September 30. The Senate subsequently passed this measure by a 54 to 46 vote, sending it to the President for his signature to become law. The Senate voted 67 to 32 […]

CONGRESS The Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education by a 51 to 45 vote. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted 12 to 11 to advance to the full Senate Keith Sonderling’s nomination to serve as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor. The Senate invoked cloture by a 66 to […]

CONGRESS The Senate invoked cloture by a 51 to 47 vote, ending debate on Linda McMahon’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education. McMahon’s confirmation vote is scheduled for Monday at 5:30 PM. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted 14 to 9 to advance Rep. Lori Chavez DeRemer’s nomination for U.S. […]

CONGRESS On February 27, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor. The Senate HELP Committee voted 12 to 11 to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education to the full Senate. Former […]

CONGRESS On February 20, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Linda McMahon to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education. The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services on a 52 to 48 vote. The Senate Budget Committee passed […]

CONGRESS U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that there may be a fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget resolution markup in the U.S. House Committee on the Budget next week. The U.S. Senate Budget Committee released text of a FY 2025 budget resolution. The Committee will hold a markup on the resolution on February 12 […]