DC Update: 2/4/19

President and Administration

The State of the Union Address will take place on 2/5 at 6pm pacific.

President Trump is expected to focus the big picture messaging on…

Stacey Abrams, 2018 candidate for Governor of Georgia, will deliver the Democratic response…

 The Office of Management and Budget is delayed approximately 3 weeks in its work on the President’s FY20 budget proposal, as a result of the shutdown and delayed FY19 appropriations bill. As a result, we anticipate having appropriations deadlines in…

 Congress

Congress and the President have until 2/15 to reach an agreement to keep the government open past 2/15. 

On 2/4 Senator Alexander (R-TN) will lay out his vision for an HEA reauthorization in a speaking event at the American Enterprise Institute…One area expected to be introduced into the HEA conversation this year, with new traction in the Democratic house, is student outcome tracking on factors like…

On 1/30 Chairman Scott, Sen. Reek, and Congressman Norcross introduced the Rebuild America’s Schools Act. The Act would invest…

On 1/29 the House Education and Labor Committee announced topics for its first four hearings…

On 1/29 the committee also announced leads for each subcommittee, including the creation of a new subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services

Other

On 1/30 CAP attended a forum hosted by Bloomberg Government analyzing political priorities and the session outlook for 2019. Speakers included… and the results of the current negotiations on…