While the House is not in session this week, the Senate will convene for a brief three day session prior to Memorial Day recess. The Senate stands adjourned until 1:45 P.M. today, when it will hold a brief pro forma session. On Tuesday, the Senate will convene at 10:00 A.M. and will resume consideration of… Read More
The Senate stands adjourned until 1:45 P.M. on Monday, May 23, when it will hold a brief pro forma session. On Tuesday, the Senate will convene at 10:00 A.M. and will resume consideration of the nomination of Dara Lindenbaum to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission. The Senate is also expected to confirm… Read More
The Senate just passed a nearly $40 billion military and economic aid package to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk and bringing America’s commitment to almost $54 billion. The 86-11 vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, with all Democrats and most Republicans voting yes. The Republicans who opposed the bill… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to spend today processing nominations before turning back to the Ukraine aid package tomorrow. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) slammed Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) for delaying the $40 billion Ukraine aid package by over a week, calling the move “repugnant” and predicting the legislation… Read More
In what is shaping up to be a busy day, the House reconvened at 11:00 A.M. for the purpose of receiving, in a Joint Meeting with the Senate, His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic. At 2:30 P.M., the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.7691, a bill… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will take up the Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 7691, a bill to provide aid to Ukraine with a vote expected at 5:30 P.M. Last week, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) blocked a vote on the bipartisan deal after he refused to… Read More
The Senate is not in session today, while the House reconvened at 9:00 A.M. and is working on H.R. 5129 – Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022. The House is expected to adjourn for the week after that vote. Next week, the Senate is expected to try again to pass H.R.7691 – Additional… Read More
Senate Republicans, joined by Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (West Virginia), blocked legislation 49-51 on Wednesday intended to enshrine abortion protections into law ahead of a possible ruling this summer by a conservative-majority Supreme Court striking down the Roe v. Wade decision. Democrats fell more than 10 votes short of advancing the legislation, touted as a… Read More
The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to take up the Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.4132, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), which would guarantee providers’ ability to perform an abortion and individuals’ right to access one. The legislation, introduced by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) would supersede… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) filed cloture Monday evening on a motion to advance S.4132 – Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022, a bill that would codify access to abortion into federal law, just a week after the leak of a draft decision from the Supreme Court that showed the court poised to… Read More
