Dear Colleagues: Nearly a month into the 118th Congress, Democratic and Republican leadership are finalizing committee and subcommittee assignments. Senate Democrats announced Committee assignments last week- including a few changes. In the Senate HELP and Appropriations committees, the changes from the last Congress are as [...]

Dear Colleagues: Next week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona is scheduled to deliver a major address at the Department of Education’s Lyndon Baines Johnson building in Washington, D.C. The speech entitled, “Raise the Bar: Lead the World,” will offer the Secretary the opportunity to [...]

Dear Colleagues: Early Saturday, after a historic five-day, 15 ballot fight- with major concessions made to the so called “never Kevin” holdouts, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) secured his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Many analysts and DC insiders believe that the political [...]

Dear Colleagues: Just before the holiday break, Members completed their final task as the 117th Congress- passing the FY2023 omnibus spending package. The bill provides a $3.2 billion increase over the FY2022 level of funding provided to the Department of Education, with several significant increases [...]

December 16, 2022 Dear Colleagues: On Friday afternoon President Biden signed a short-term funding bill, otherwise known as a continuing resolution or CR, that will keep the government open and funded through December 23rd. The CR keeps the government open and freezes funding levels at [...]

Dear Colleagues: The final countdown is on for Congress to pass a FY2023 spending bill with the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expiring next Friday. There is considerable speculation on whether or not a bill will pass before January, but many on the Hill remain hopeful [...]

Dear Colleagues: The countdown is on for Congress to pass a fiscal year (FY) 2023 package before the 117th Congress ends at the end of this month. As you will recall, the government is currently operating on a continuing resolution. Essentially what this means is [...]

Dear Colleagues: We have finally made it to mid-term election week. Congress remains on recess until after the elections, but important work continues. It is my hope that by the end of the week we will have the complete results of the mid-term elections and [...]

Dear Colleagues: While Congress is on an extended recess leading in to the mid-term elections, work behind the scenes continues. Washington Update typically breaks with Congress, but you can expect to see updates coming to your inbox leading up to the mid-terms. 1. Democratic Senators [...]

Dear Colleagues: On Friday, Congress passed a short term spending measure that keeps the government funded at its current levels through December 16th and averts a government shutdown. Now is the time to flex your advocacy muscles- tell your story and encourage your Members of [...]