The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of a Friday night deadline, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk for a signature. Senators voted 65-27 on the bill, which funds the government through March 11 at current levels after passing the House last week. The Senate now stands… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:30 A.M. and resumed work on the Continuing Resolution to March 11th. As part of a deal to speed up the continuing resolution, Republicans want votes on two amendments to defund President Biden’s vaccine mandates although senators have made similar efforts during the previous short-term spending bills, and they’ve fallen short. … Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and proceeded to resume consideration of the nomination of Celeste Ann Wallander to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. The Senate is then expected to complete work and vote on the nomination of Robert McKinnon Califf to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), Department of Health and Human… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.3076, a bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service. Key parts of the bill include requiring Postal Service employees to enroll in Medicare, which would cut down on premiums amounting… Read More
Both the House and Senate are not in session today. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, February 14th and resume consideration of H.R.3076, a bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service. The Senate may also take up the nomination of Robert McKinnon Califf to… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and passed H.R.4445, Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act which will restore assault victims rights to hold abusers and the corporations who enable them accountable in court, instead of being forced into arbitration. The bill passed the chamber by a voice vote, days after it… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to vote to confirm the nominations of Scott A. Nathan to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation and Douglas R. Bush to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army. The Senate may also work on as many as seven other… Read More
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
