While the House is now in recess until Monday, September 9th, the Senate will be in session this week.
The Senate plans to work on final passage, expected tomorrow afternoon, of an online safety bill aimed at kids- Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The Senate will also continue work on a number nominations.
Off the floor, the Senate Appropriations Committee this week will release its fiscal 2025 Energy-Water bill and four other spending measures ahead of the summer recess. The spending panel will meet Thursday to mark up the bill for the Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as the Defense, Homeland Security, Financial Services, and Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bills. Appropriators will be looking to draw a contrast between their more measured and bipartisan work and the House’s more erratic effort that has yielded 12 very partisan bills.
For today, the Senate is expected to consider the nomination of Stacey D. Neumann to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, and 5:30 P.M. the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of Adam B. Landy to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
