July 20, 2009
The House continues to work its way through fiscal 2010 appropriations bills, with votes on Labor-HHS-Education and Transportation-HUD bills this week. The Senate is expected to spend the week debating its defense authorization bill. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court… Read More
July 19, 2009
In two short weeks, Members of Congress will flee Washington, DC and return to their home states for a 5-week summer break. The Senate will work one week longer, starting their summer recess period on August 7th. Both the House and the Senate have set lofty goals for the next two (or three) weeks, which… Read More
July 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $85 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support at least 50 early career researchers for five years at U.S. academic institutions and DOE national laboratories. To be eligible for the competition, a… Read More
July 15, 2009
Today, the House of Representatives will introduce a budget reconciliation package designed to achieve components of the President’s agenda. Budget reconciliation is a special procedure, not subject to a fillibuster in the Senate, that was intended to serve as a deficit reduction tool by forcing spending cuts or tax increases to meet the targets set… Read More
July 15, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced plans to provide up to $52.5 million to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power both day and night. Today’s announcement underscores the Obama Administration’s commitment to creating jobs and saving money, making electricity generated from solar energy competitive with conventional… Read More
July 15, 2009
The UW Office of Federal Relations invites participation in a brown bag lunch to discuss our ongoing FY10 and anticipated FY11 federal strategies. The informal sessions serves as an opportunity to receive an update on developments in DC that impact the higher education community in general and our Institution in particular. Topics for discussion will… Read More
July 15, 2009
Yesterday, House Democrats finally unveiled their comprehensive health care overhaul legislation, including details on how they intend to pay for it. For the most part, the $1 trillion-plus plan would be paid for through a surtax on upper incomes (families with adjusted gross incomes of more than $350,000) and by more than $500 billion in… Read More
July 14, 2009
Today, President Obama will unveil a $12 billion initiative to boost community colleges and move the US toward his goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. President Obama’s will include the following: $9 billion will go mainly for “challenge grants” awarded on a competitive basis to encourage community colleges to… Read More
July 13, 2009
Dr. Mari Kitahata, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Epidemiolgy and Health Services Research at the UW Center for AIDS Research was in DC on June 4th to participate in the HIV Medicine Association Advocacy Day. She was able to meet with several members to discuss health care reform, federal policy positions and… Read More
July 13, 2009
MONDAY, 7/13 · The House convenes 2 p.m. for a pro forma session. · The Senate convenes 2 p.m. to consider HR 627 —Credit card regulation. No roll call votes expected. TUESDAY, 7/14 · The House convenes 12:30 p.m. to consider several issues under suspension of the rules. One of the issues is HR… Read More
