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RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – April 30, 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 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – April 23, 2025
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 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – April 16, 2025
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 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – April 9, 2025
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 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – April 2, 2025
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 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – MARCH 26, 2025
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 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – MARCH 19, 2025
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 19, 2025 CONGRESS By a 217 to 213 vote, the House passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund the government through September 30. The Senate subsequently passed this measure by a 54 […]
RAMC WASHINGTON WRAP UP – MARCH 12, 2025
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 12, 2025 CONGRESS On Tuesday, March 11, the House voted 217-213 to pass continuing resolution (CR) H.R. 1968. The Senate has until midnight on March 14 to pass the bill or incur a shutdown. On […]