The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and resumed consideration of the nomination of Douglas R. Bush to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army. The Senate will then vote on the nominations of John P. Howard III to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Loren L. AliKhan to… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and is expected to take up the nomination of Ebony M. Scott to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the nomination of Donald Walker Tunnage to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The… Read More
Job growth rose far more than expected in January despite surging omicron cases that seemingly sent millions of workers to the sidelines, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 467,000 for the month, while the unemployment rate edged higher to 4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Dow Jones estimate was… Read More
The Senate has resumed consideration of the nomination of Alexandra Baker to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Later this afternoon, the Senate is expected to vote to invoke cloture on the Baker nomination as well as the nominations of Reta Jo Lewis to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States… Read More
The Senate will resume work today by taking up a number of nominations for judges as well as ambassadors. The Senate is expected to vote on the nominations of Bridget Meehan Brennan to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Charles Esque Fleming to be United States District Judge for the… Read More
Both the House and Senate are not in session this week. The Senate will convene today at 1:00 P.M. for a pro forma session as well as on Thursday, January 27th at 10:00 A.M. When the Senate adjourns on Thursday, it will next convene at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, January 31st and will proceed to… Read More
Both the House and Senate are not in session today. The Senate will not be in session next week, except for two brief pro forma sessions on Monday, January 24th at 1:00 P.M. and Thursday, January 27th at 10:00 A.M. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, January 31st and resume consideration of… Read More
Senate Democrats failed to change the legislative filibuster for the voting rights bill late on Wednesday night, after Senators Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) voted with Republicans to oppose the rules reform. Senators voted 52-48 to defeat the rules change, which would have nixed the 60-vote hurdle for the election bill. To… Read More
Senators will spend the day debating the combined Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which the House approved last week, and arguing over the very nature of the Senate as they clash over the rights of the minority to thwart legislation, and whether the filibuster, a storied Senate tool… Read More
The Senate will reconvene this afternoon as Democrats continue to weigh how to proceed on voting rights in the hope of holding a vote on a bill this week. Senate Democrats are set to plot out the coming days during a conference meeting at 5 p.m. as they scramble for a Plan B to pass… Read More
