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The Source on Women’s Issues in Congress, March 5-9, 2018

Floor Action:

Miscellaneous— On March 7, the Senate passed, by voice vote, S. 2040, a bill to designate a facility of the United States Postal Service as the “Amelia Earhart Post Office Building,” and H.R. 2254, a bill to designate a facility of the United States Postal Service as the “Janet Capello Post Office Building.”

Hearings:

Education— On March 6, the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing, “Strengthening Welfare to Work with Child Care.”

Military— On March 8, the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing, “Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in the Military.”