April 30, 2012
Congress is in recess this week, returning to work on Monday, May 7th. Before leaving town last Friday, the House took action on legislation to delay the increase in student loan interest rates. And both chambers continued to move forward on their FY2013 appropriations measures. FY 2013 Appropriations While Congress is expected to finalize any… Read More
April 23, 2012
President Obama used his weekly address to call on Congress to prevent student interest rates from doubling in July. He believes that we should be doing everything we can to put higher education within reach for every American because “at a time when the unemployment rate for Americans with at least a college degree is… Read More
April 16, 2012
Congress is back in session today after a two-week break for the Easter holiday. Appropriators in both chambers will begin moving FY 2013 annual appropriations bills this week. The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday will start marking up its spending bills for FY 2013 with a goal of cutting federal spending by a little more… Read More
April 2, 2012
The House and Senate began their two-week spring recess last Friday after passing the House budget resolution for FY 2013. This plan would cut $19 billion from the FY 2013 spending level outlined in the Budget Control Act (PL 112-25) approved by Congress last August. Most of those cuts would come from non-defense discretionary spending… Read More
