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Washington Update

June 2026

Friends and colleagues,

This is the news many of us had been bracing for, and it came in the form most of us...

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Earlier this week the numbers for our priorities were still sealed in the Committee Report, and I asked you to be ready rather than draw conclusions. The report is now public. Read more >

On June 4 the House Appropriations Committee released its FY 2027 Labor-HHS-Education bill, and the subcommittee advanced it June 5. This is Congress's first answer to the President’s budget request, and it matters as much for what it rejects as for the cuts it makes. Read more >

The semester has wound down, though I know the work never really pauses for this group; you have been at it all along, and so has Washington. As you know, the President’s fiscal year 2027 budget request is out, and it carries real consequences for the programs that hold up our field. Read more >

This update covers the period from the April 28 Senate Labor-HHS-Education hearing through the May 14 House Education and Workforce hearing and into next week’s three federal closes. Read more >