The House is expected to vote late this afternoon to fund the government through December 20th, setting up a potential pre-holiday funding showdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced the Senate will also vote on the continuing resolution (TEXT) (SECTION BY SECTION) this afternoon and said he will not entertain any amendments that… Read More
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced a temporary agreement on Sunday night that would keep the government funded until December 20th. The measure does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the election security proposal backed by former President Donald Trump and it would include “only the extensions that are absolutely necessary” to avoid… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced this morning that he will act later today to advance a bipartisan government funding bill after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) failed to pass a partisan six-month funding measure that was tied to voter registration reform. The six-month funding stopgap was tied to legislation that would require proof… Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is still forging ahead with a vote on his legislation to avert a government shutdown and force questionable tighter U.S. election measures through Congress today after he was forced to cancel a vote on the measure last week after losing GOP support days after being unveiled. More than a dozen Republican… Read More
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisianna) announced on Tuesday that the House will move forward with a plan to vote on a partisan stopgap measure to keep the government funded this week, despite Democratic opposition and intra-party pushback that foiled a vote on the measure last week. Congress has until the end of the month to… Read More
A growing number of House Republicans are pushing for a clean continuing resolution (CR) that kicks the shutdown deadline to after Election Day, likely December 15th. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) scrapped plans for the House to vote on his conservative funding bill Wednesday when it became clear it didn’t have anywhere near the GOP votes… Read More
Both the House and Senate have returned from their August recess and are in a sprint through September before they are expected to adjourn at the end of the month to go home to campaign. Top of mind is getting the government funded, prior to the September 30th funding deadline, which as expected, is not… Read More
A major tax package that would bolster the Child Tax Credit and cut taxes for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday in the face of widespread Republican opposition, despite clearing the House by wide bipartisan margins earlier this year. Known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024,… Read More
The Senate reconvened today at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to confirm the nomination of Dorothy Camille Shea to be Deputy Representative to the United Nations, and the Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations. Around 1:45 PM, the Senate is expected to vote on the Motion to invoke cloture on motion… Read More
The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to spend today working on nominations, including confirmation of the nomination of Meredith A. Vacca to be United States District Judge for the Western District of New York and Confirmation of the nomination of Joseph Francis Saporito, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the… Read More
