Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 22, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE The Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Mitchell “Mick” Zais to be the Deputy Secretary of Education by a vote of 50 to 48. The Senate Appropriations Committee announced its schedule […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 15, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE Reps. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Will Hurd (R-TX) filed a discharge petition to open floor debate on four immigration proposals that deal with Deferred Action for […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 7, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations will accept written testimony from outside witnesses on fiscal year (FY) 2019 appropriations. The deadline […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. May 1, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE The House passed the Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act (H.R. 5086) by a vote of 379-16. The bill provides several updates to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, including […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 24, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE The Senate voted 55 to 43 to confirm Carlos Muñiz as the U.S. Department of Education (ED) General Counsel. The White House has indicated that it hopes to formally propose a […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 17, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that he will be retiring at the end of this Congress, ending his term as Speaker after approximately 3 years. It is being reported that […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 10, 2018 HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate resume session this week. The Senate returns on Monday, April 9, and the House returns on Tuesday, April 10. Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 3, 2018 APPROPRIATIONS On Friday, March 23, the President signed the 2018 Omnibus appropriations bill into law, which finalized appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2018, keeping the government funded through September 30. The bill […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 19, 2018 HOUSE Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is scheduled to testify before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations on her agency’s FY2019 budget request. The hearing is […]
Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 12, 2018 HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) wrote a letter to appropriators asking for increased funding for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants at $1.6 billion. […]