Both the House and Senate are back in session today, as Washington works to try to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month. House Republicans announced a proposed short-term spending bill yesterday that is now facing internal opposition that could sink the measure and complicate the conference’s attempt to show unity in… Read More
House Republican leaders Wednesday punted plans to bring up a Department of Defense appropriations bill amid hardline conservative pressure on overall spending levels that threatened to continue to sink the legislation. Leaders had planned to bring the rule for the legislation, a procedural vote that outlines the parameters for its consideration, to the floor on… Read More
The House returns today and will be in session at the same time as the Senate for the first time since the end of July. Both chambers return to big spending fights and a looming deadline to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month. While government funding technically expires on September 30th,… Read More
Both the House and Senate are now in August recess until September. Before leaving town, the Senate cleared the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday evening by an overwhelming 86-11 vote. Lawmakers ultimately considered 98 amendments to the legislation, 44 Democratic, 44 Republican and the rest bipartisan. Negotiations will now kick off to get… Read More
The House and Senate are both in session today as both chambers try to wrap up work this week before the long August recess scheduled to begin on Friday. House Republicans face an uphill battle this week passing their first two fiscal 2024 spending bills, with hardline demands for lower spending levels threatening to divide… Read More
Senators on Wednesday began to insert a package of 51 uncontroversial amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — including 21 Republican, 21 Democratic and 9 bipartisan amendments. The upper chamber kicked off those amendment votes Wednesday afternoon after the Senate bill made it through its first hurdle when it passed a procedural vote… Read More
The Senate voted Tuesday evening to advance the critical national defense bill, The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), nearer to a final passage vote, moving one step closer to a showdown with the House over the must-pass legislation. The vote was 72 to 25 to begin the process of taking up the bill which sets… Read More
The House will reconvene for votes at 6:30 P.M. with only eight days scheduled before the August recess, which begins next Friday. Among items scheduled for this week are the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization and a couple of less-controversial agency spending bills. One would fund the FDA and the Agriculture Department, the other military construction… Read More
The House finished its work for the week by voting today to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) following a contentious debate and the adoption of controversial amendments that touched on hot-button social issues. The addition of amendments pushed by conservative hardliners related to abortion policy and transgender health care access as well as… Read More
Yesterday, the House Rules Committee approved an initial package of nearly 300 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act in a party-line vote just after 11 p.m. However, Republicans are still fighting over the most divisive amendments, including Pentagon abortion policies, medical care for transgender troops and various diversity programs. The Rules Committee will meet… Read More
