Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 28, 2025 CONGRESS The House passed its budget reconciliation bill last week in a 215-214 vote. The legislation extends tax cuts enacted in 2017, increases defense spending, cuts Medicaid spending and increases the nation’s […]
CONGRESS The House passed its budget reconciliation bill Thursday morning in a 215-214 vote. The legislation extends tax cuts enacted in 2017, increases defense spending, cuts Medicaid spending and increases the nation’s debt limit. The Senate will now consider the bill. House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) announced the markup schedule for the House […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 16, 2025 CONGRESS The Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the FCC’s “Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program” rule in a 50 to 38 vote. The rule allows telecommunications funds to […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 7, 2025 CONGRESS The House Education and Workforce Committee passed its reconciliation bill by a 21 to 14 vote. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a markup of S.558, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025, […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 30, 2025 CONGRESS Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent letters to the three college leaders who will be witnesses at the upcoming hearing titled “Beyond the […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 23, 2025 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 […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 16, 2025 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 […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 9, 2025 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 […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 2, 2025 CONGRESS The House passed H.R. 1048, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act (DETERRENT Act), by a 241 to 169 vote. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 26, 2025 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 […]