RAMC Letter to Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Jefferies on Workforce Pell in H.R. 1

Posted at 17:51h July 1, 2025 in RAMC News by RAMC
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In a recent letter to Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Jefferies, Dr. Monty Sullivan, President of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), a coalition of community colleges, and president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, expressed RAMC’s support for the expansion of Pell grants to include Workforce Pell […]

RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – June 27, 2025

Posted at 14:10h June 27, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The Senate Finance committee released text representing the Committee’s portion of the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. The Committee provided section-by-section summary can be found here. The General Accountability Office determined that the Institute of […]

RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – June 20, 2025

Posted at 12:27h June 20, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives advanced the Administration’s rescissions request by a 214 to 212 vote. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released text representing the Committee’s portion of the Senate’s […]

RAMC Washington Wrap Up-June 13, 2025

Posted at 13:22h June 13, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The Senate HELP Committee released text representing the Committee’s portion of the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. The bill text can be found here.  The press release announcing the bill text can be found here. […]

RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP -June 6

Posted at 13:40h June 6, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought criticizing his oversight of the […]

RAMC Washington Wrap Up-May 30, 2025

Posted at 17:55h May 30, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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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 […]

RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP-MAY 23, 2025

Posted at 19:59h May 23, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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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 […]

RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – May 7, 2025

Posted at 14:27h May 9, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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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, […]

RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – April 30, 2025

Posted at 14:21h May 1, 2025 in Washington Wrap Up by RAMC
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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 […]