The Senate will be in recess today as a number of senators travel to Wyoming for the memorial service for the late Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) at the Gillette College Pronghorn Center. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) set up a pivotal vote on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan for Saturday, after marathon talks… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:30 a.m. and resumed consideration of H.R.3684, the legislative vehicle for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and will also consider the nomination of Eunice Lee, of New York, to be US Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. President Biden nominated Eunice Lee to the United States Court of Appeals for… Read More
Senate action on the $1 trillion plus bipartisan infrastructure bill has slowed to a crawl as lawmakers haggle over more than 250 proposed amendments to the legislation. In several instances, senators are holding their colleagues’ amendments hostage by objecting to voting on them unless their own priorities are also guaranteed a vote. Senators had filed… Read More
The Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. this morning after overwhelmingly approving the first two amendments to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act late Monday. Each was noncontroversial and received far more than the 60 votes necessary to be added to the legislation. The amendments dealt with funding for Native American health care facilities and addressing… Read More
Senators on Sunday night unveiled the legislative text totaling 2,702 pages of the $1 trillion plus bipartisan infrastructure bill during a rare weekend session as Senators rush to begin the amendment process ahead of an expected vote on final passage by the end of the week. The legislation would authorize more than half a trillion… Read More
Both the House and Senate are in session on a Friday. The House met at 9 a.m. for legislative business and in addition to working on 12 bills under suspension of the Rules will potentially take up a 10th appropriations bill, Commerce-Justice-Science, with the issue of police funding continuing to hold up the legislation. The… Read More
The House meets at noon for legislative business and will complete work on the minibus, H.R. 4502 – Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act. The Senate convened at 10:30… Read More
The House meets at 10 a.m. for legislative business and will take up three major appropriations bills, H.R. 4505 – Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2022; H.R. 4373– Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for 2022, H.R. 4346 – Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for 2022. The House… Read More
The House meets at noon for legislative business and will take up a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. The House will also… Read More
The House convened at noon with first votes expected at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to take up 20 bills under suspension of the Rules, including H.R. 1029 – Free Veterans from Fees Act. The Senate convenes at 3 p.m. with a vote at 5:30 p.m. on Todd Kim’s nomination as an assistant Attorney General…. Read More
