Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS President Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill into law on July 4. By a 12 to 11 vote, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced several nominations for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) […]
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 passed the budget reconciliation bill in a 218-214 final vote on July 3. This follows the Senate’s passage of the bill earlier this week in a 51 to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]