Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here.

CONGRESS

The Federal government remains in a shutdown after Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution to fund operations into fiscal year 2026.

ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) published a final rule on Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

COURTS

A Federal district court judge indefinitely extended the injunction on the Trump Administration from conducting shutdown-related reductions-in-force.

A Federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction, enjoining ED from implementing the discontinuation of School-Based Mental Health Services Grants and Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grants. The court order also enjoined the reinstitution of discontinuation decisions.

Education News Headlines
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As Trump’s Compact Looms, UT-Austin Affirms ‘Non-Negotiable’ Commitment to Academic Freedom [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Talks Over Loan Caps See Some Progress [Inside Higher Ed]

Students worried about getting jobs are adding extra majors [The Hechinger Report]

Ed. Dept. Cuts Grants That Were Helping College Students Become Teachers [Education Week]

Blue states, groups sue Education Department over Public Service Loan Forgiveness rule change [The Hill]

Trump Partially Funds SNAP as Colleges Scramble to Feed Students [Inside Higher Ed]

Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Chegg slashes nearly half of its workforce as AI eats into its business [K-12 Dive]

Op-Ed: Students Would Pay More to Attend College With Peers Who Match Their Politics [The 74]

Under McMahon, ED Is Diminished but Not Dead, Experts Say [Inside Higher Ed]

‘End of an era’: Experts warn research executive order could stifle scientific innovation [Higher Ed Dive]

How Much More Will Colleges Have to Pay to Hire Foreign Employees? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Trump Rule Could Bar Some Public Servants From Student Loan Forgiveness [ The New York Times]

Trump administration nixes public service student loan relief for those involved in ‘unlawful activities’ [The Hill]

More College Leaders Speak Out Against Compact but Don’t Reject It [Inside Higher Ed]

The legal debate over Trump’s Title VI campus crackdown [Higher Ed Dive]

Florida’s Public Universities Should No Longer Hire Foreign Employees, DeSantis Says [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Higher Ed May Be in Trouble if the Government Is Shut Down for Much Longer [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Education Dept. Finalizes PSLF Rule Limiting Who Gets Forgiveness [Inside Higher Ed]

Colleges Face a Financial Reckoning. The University of Chicago Is Exhibit A. [The Wall Street Journal]

Virginia lawmakers call for audit of UVA’s Justice Department deal [Higher Ed Dive]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson on Day 35 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats Are Woke and Weak and They Know It

Press Release: Amid Democrat Shutdown, Major Cracks Appear in the Democrat Coalition

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Scalise on Democrats Voting Against Food Assistance for Millions: It’s Gutless

House Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Jeffries: “Donald Trump and Republicans Have Failed the American People”

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Thune: Will Democrats Finally Take Yes for an Answer?

Press Release: Thune: Schumer Shutdown Day 35

Press Release: Disarrayed Democrats Delay Flights and Jeopardize SNAP

Senate Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling on Republicans to Work with Democrats to Ease the Burden of Surging Healthcare Costs with Open Enrollment Beginning

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
November 5: Full Committee Hearing on “Registered Apprenticeship: Scaling the Workforce for the Future”
Witnesses: Josh Laney, Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN), Phenix City, AL; Latitia McCane, Ph.D., The Apprentice School, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA; Gardner Carrick, The Manufacturing Institute, Rockville, MD; John Downey, International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC; and Brent Booker, Laborers’ International Union of North America, Washington, DC.
430 Dirksen and via webcast
10:00 a.m. ET

November 6: Full Committee Hearing on “Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Education”
Witnesses: Justin Draeger, MBA, Senior Vice President for Affordability, Strada Education Foundation, Washington, DC; Brenda Hicks, MA, Director of Financial Aid, Southwestern College, Winfield, KS; Preston Cooper, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; Onjila Odeneal, M.Ed., Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Promise, Detroit, MI; and Mark Huelsman, M.Ed., Director of Policy and Advocacy, The HOPE Center for Student Basic Needs, Washington, DC.
430 Dirksen and via webcast
10:00 a.m. ET

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Chair Walberg, Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer, and Republican Leadership Slam Democrat Shutdown on Day 35

Senate Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: Republican Shutdown DAY 35: Senator Murray Slams Trump for Refusing to Fully Fund SNAP, Calls Out Republicans for Doing Nothing to Stop MAGA Health Care Hike

House Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: Republicans are Working to Help Constituents Impacted by the Democrat Shutdown

Press Release: Cole, Harris, Thompson, Finstad: “Democrats are Denying Full SNAP Benefits to Vulnerable Americans.”

House Committee on the Budget
Press Release: Boyle Statement on Trump Breaking His Own Record for Longest Government Shutdown

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson on Day 34 of the Democrat Shutdown: Despite 14 Consecutive Votes to Keep Government Closed, Democrats Continue Gaslighting the American People

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Scalise: Millions Going Without Food Because Democrats are Mad Trump is President

Press Release: Scalise Corrects the Record on Chuck Schumer’s Lies

House Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Jeffries: “We Will Not Support a Partisan Republican Spending Bill That Continues to Gut The Healthcare of the American People”

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Thune: Schumer Shutdown Day 34

Senate Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks on Soaring Healthcare Costs as Open Enrollment Begins and Trump’s Refusal to Negotiate on the Healthcare Crisis or to End the Republican Shutdown

Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Condemning Donald Trump for Refusing to Fully Fund SNAP Benefits, Continuing to Use the American People as Pawns

House Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: DeLauro Statement on Trump Administration Partially Funding SNAP Benefits After Unnecessary Delay

House Committee on the Budget
Press Release: Chairman Arrington Applauds Trump Administration Continuing SNAP Benefits During Democrat Shutdown

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: Chairman Guthrie Announces Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chief Counsel Michael Essington

Speaker of the House
Press Release: As November 1 Approaches, Democrat Shutdown Threatens Programs That Millions of Americans Rely On

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Scalise Announces Eric Zulkosky as New Chief of Staff

House Minority Leader
Press Release: LEADER JEFFRIES ON WISN: “THIS IS A FIGHT FOR Working-Class Americans In Wisconsin and Throughout the Country.”

Press Release: Leader Jeffries On CNN: “Why Has Donald Trump Spent More Timeon the Golf Course Than He Has in Talking to Democrats?”

Press Release: Leader Jeffries in Brooklyn: “In America, Not A Single Person Should Ever Go Hungry.”

Press Release: Leader Jeffries On MSNBC: “The Trump Administration Needs To Comply With The Law. These Benefits Should Be Released Today”

Press Release: Leader Jeffries On NBC: “The Trump Administration Has The Money and Is Required to Make Sure That Not a Single Person in This Country Loses Their Nutritional Assistance”

Press Release: Leader Jeffries Statement on Donald Trump and Republicans Illegally Making Americans Go Hungry

House Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: DeLauro Statement on Federal Judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts Affirming Trump Administration Must Use Contingency Fund to Pay Out Nutrition Assistance Benefits

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: Chairmen Guthrie, Joyce, and Bilirakis Send Letter to NCAA Over Decision to Let Student Athletes Gamble on Professional Sports

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson on Day 30 of the Democrat Shutdown: The Far Left Has Officially Captured the Democrat Party

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Increasing Financial Transparency in Higher Education, Lowering Cost for Families

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Chairman Walberg Issues Statement in Support of Trump Administration’s PSLF Rule

Press Release: Scott Statement on the Trump Administration Politicizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Speaker of the House
Press Release: Speaker Johnson on Day 29 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats Have Some Soul Searching to Do

Press Release: Democrats Admit the Truth: Their Shutdown is About “Leverage,” Not the American People

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Scalise Calls Out Schumer for Abandoning American People for Radical Base

House Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Jefferies on MSNBC: “The Administration Is Clearly Trying to Weaponize Hunger ”

Press Release: Leader Jefferies: “The Trump Administration Has the Money to Make sure That Not A Single American Goes Hungry”

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Thune to Schumer’s Shutdown Senators: This Isn’t a Political Game, It’s People’s Livelihoods

Press Release: Thune: Schumer Shutdown Day 29

Senate Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks In Support Of Legislation To Keep SNAP Funded And Avoid The Republicans’ Manufactured Hunger Crisis During The Government Shutdown

Press Release: Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling Out Donald Trump And Congressional Republicans For Turning Millions Of Children, Seniors, And Veterans Into Political Pawns By Callously Reneging On His Promise To Fund SNAP Benefits

Press Release: TODAY: For The First Time In American History, President Trump & Senate Republicans Plan To Deny Funding For SNAP For 42 Million Americans; Senate Democrats Push To Fully Fund SNAP And WIC; Dems Slam GOP-Manufactured Hunger Crisis During Trump Shutdown

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Supporting Apprenticeships, Strengthening American Workforce

Senate Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: Republican Shutdown Day 29: Murray Responds to Thune on the Senate Floor, Shares Stories of American Families Seeing Devastating Premium Hikes, Slams Republicans for Ignoring their Own Constituents

House Committee on Appropriations
Press Release: Cole: “We are Losing Daylight Fast.”

House Committee on the Budget
Press Release: Chairman Arrington: Democrat Shutdown Already Costing Billions in Lost Economic Growth

Press Release: Chairman Arrington on Fox News: Democrats’ hostage taking is not good for the governing of our country

Press Release: Boyle Statement on October 2025 Fed Interest Rate Decision

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration

White House Press Release: Thank a Democrat for Five-Hour TSA Lines, Mass Flight Delays

White House Press Release: President Trump on 60 Minutes: “Greatest Nine Months in the History of the Presidency”

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces Final Rule on Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Protect American Taxpayers

Legislative Movement in Congress

H.R.5371 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026
Sponsor: Cole, Tom [Rep.-R-OK-4] (Introduced 09/16/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Appropriations; Budget
Latest Action: Senate – 11/04/2025 Eighth cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 – 44. Record Vote Number: 603.

H.R.5908 — Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act
Sponsor: Franklin, Scott [Rep.-R-FL-18] (Introduced 11/04/2025) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: House – Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Action: House – 11/04/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Press Release: Franklin Demands Transparency on the True Cost of the Schumer Shutdown

H.Res.857 — Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on November 3, 2025, as “National School Psychology Week”.
Sponsor: Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [Rep.-R-PA-1] (Introduced 11/04/2025) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/04/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Fitzpatrick Leads Bipartisan Effort to Honor School Psychologists and Elevate Student Mental Health Supports Nationwide

H.Res.859 — Honoring Hampden-Sydney College on the 250th anniversary of its founding.
Sponsor: McGuire, John J. [Rep.-R-VA-5] (Introduced 11/04/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/04/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.5371 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026
Sponsor: Cole, Tom [Rep.-R-OK-4] (Introduced 09/16/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Appropriations; Budget
Latest Action: Senate – 11/03/2025 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (All Actions)

H.R.5884 — To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that tasks and services performed by certain individuals in postsecondary vocational institutions not be treated as employment.
Sponsor: Moolenaar, John R. [Rep.-R-MI-2] (Introduced 10/31/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 10/31/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.J.Res.132 — Commemorating October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month and recognizing its positive impact on more than 40,000,000 children and their families.
Sponsor: Carson, André [Rep.-D-IN-7] (Introduced 10/31/2025) Cosponsors: (27)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 10/31/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.Res.850 — Expressing support for the designation of November 8, 2025, as “National First-Generation College Celebration Day”.
Sponsor: Moore, Gwen [Rep.-D-WI-4] (Introduced 10/31/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 10/31/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.5371 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026
Sponsor: Cole, Tom [Rep.-R-OK-4] (Introduced 09/16/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Appropriations; Budget
Latest Action: Senate – 10/30/2025 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

H.R.5371 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026
Sponsor: Cole, Tom [Rep.-R-OK-4] (Introduced 09/16/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Appropriations; Budget
Latest Action: Senate – 10/29/2025 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

S.3070 — A bill to provide Federal student loan borrower relief for Federal employees.
Sponsor: Alsobrooks, Angela D. [Sen.-D-MD] (Introduced 10/29/2025) Cosponsors: (14)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 10/29/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Press Release: Alsobrooks, Van Hollen, Elfreth Introduce Legislation to Pause Student Loans for Federal Workers, Contractors, and Military

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices

We expect submission deadlines to remain the same, notwithstanding the government shutdown.

ED Rule: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program

ED Notice: Sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access the National Assessment Governing Board’s standing committee meetings and quarterly Governing Board meeting.

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