The Weekly Update Archive: 2025

July 11, 2025

Reconciliation Update On July 1, the Senate passed H.R.1, which provides for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H.Con.Res. 14 with an amendment via a vote of 51-50. Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote. Following further consideration, on July 3, the House of Representatives agreed to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1 via a vote of 218-214.  The […]

July 2, 2025

Reconciliation Updates On July 1, the Senate passed H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act with an amendment via a vote of 51-50. Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote. The legislation was sent back to the House of Representatives where debate is ongoing. As of mid-morning July 2nd, the House of Representatives is expected […]

June 27, 2025

Reconciliation Updates Over the past week, the Senate Parliamentarian reviewed H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act against the Senate’s “Byrd Rule”.  As revealed by the Senate Budget Committee’s Ranking Member several provisions appear to violate the rule, which – if interested – you can read the Ranking Member’s press releases. As these provisions are […]

June 20, 2025

Department of Defense Indirect Cost Rate Late last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) sought to implement the agency’s earlier memorandum regarding the implementation of a 15% indirect cost cap. On June 16, the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and several institutions filed a […]

June 20, 2025

Since the beginning of the year, the Universities of Wisconsin has been reviewing federal legislative actions, regulatory changes, and Presidential executive orders. Some of our work has been to coordinate outreach and action on those issues affecting our UW universities. Here’s an update to the work the Universities of Wisconsin has been doing specifically on […]

June 13, 2025

Letter from President Rothman to Congressional Delegation on Federal Budget Impact Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman sent a letter to Wisconsin’s congressional delegation expressing concern related to the proposed cuts to federal financial aid and federal research agencies contained within President Trump’s FY26 Discretionary Budget Request. The letter asks for Congress to keep these concerns in […]

June 11, 2025

Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman sent a letter to members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation on June 9 expressing concern to the indiscriminate cuts to federal financial aid programs contained within President Trump’s FY26 Discretionary Budget Request.

June 6, 2025

Board of Regents Meeting Update At the June meeting of the Board of Regents, President Rothman shared his concerns related to the impacts of proposed changes to federal financial aid being discussed in Congress. He was joined by several UW-Milwaukee students who spoke directly to the importance of the Pell Grant as they pursue their […]

May 30, 2025

Litigation Update On May 28, Attorney General Kaul announced that Wisconsin “joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) attempt under the Trump Administration to gut funding for critical scientific research and education at universities in Wisconsin and across the nation.” As is further […]

May 23, 2025

Higher Education Leaders Share Concerns on Federal Financial Aid The leaders of the Universities of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Wisconsin Technical College System sent a letter to Wisconsin’s Congressional Delegation highlighting concerns with the Student Success and Taxpayer Saving Plan as passed by the House Education and Workforce […]