One Day Before We Honor Our Nation’s Veterans… Do You Know Which Senators-elect Are Likely To Seek A Seat on the Senate Committee On Veterans’ Affairs? OR Do You Know Which Senator-Elect Received An MBA from DeVry University?
Overview
CSPEN does! Tomorrow’s email will focus upon honoring our nation’s veterans, but today we wanted to make sure you were aware of important new forensics CSPEN has completed and its release this week both on CSPEN’s website and as part of this week’s CSPEN Federal Legislative & Regulatory Update webinar.
As we shared with participants on last Thursday’s CSPEN Federal Legislative & Regulatory Update webinar, in the week that has passed since last Tuesday’s historic 2026 Midterm Election’s CSPEN went to work updating our CSPEN 2026 Midterm Election Scorecard which provided an overview of the thirty-five Senate races and key U.S. House or Representatives races directly impacting the three key House Committees (Education, Veterans’ Affairs, and Appropriations) important to the higher education community as well as the key races across the country that were either considered to be “toss ups” or “too close to call” heading into election day.
With two Senate and a handful of House races still yet to be determined, CSPEN has reconstituted the document and supporting charts tracking the outcomes important to the higher education community. Contained within the CSPEN document will be vignettes on each of the 35 Senators-elect – including details on their individual political histories and how that could impact their efforts to seek specific Committee assignments in the 120th Congress.
What’s Next
On Thursday, the updated documents will be posted on the CSPEN website and we will discuss them in detail on our regularly scheduled CSPEN Federal Legislative & Regulatory Update webinar. In addition to a focused look at the election results, we will also discuss Congress’ return to Washington in the wake of the elections and their focus on the pending December 11 Continuing Resolution deadline as part of our Legislative update. And, we will also share new information and key updates on the regulatory front related to Earnings Accountability reporting, Federal Student Loan collections actions, and more.
