At 11:00 a.m. President Joe Biden will meet with Republican and Democratic leaders from both houses of Congress for the first time since taking office, pressing them on his proposals to spend $4 trillion for infrastructure and families. Mr. Biden is scheduled to meet with Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority… Read More
The House returns starting at 2 p.m., with votes expected after 6:30 p.m. Following one-minute speeches, the House is expected to consider fourteen bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules, mostly bills related to health care and mental health including H.R. 2862 – Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act. The Senate convened at 10… Read More
The House will reconvene tomorrow from its two week committee work week period while the Senate will reconvene at 3 p.m. today. The Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Andrea Joan Palm, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. As a new week starts for the Biden Administration, Sixty-three percent of… Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes. Today, the House will hold two hearings as the appropriations process begins to ramp up. At 1 p.m. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee and 2 p.m…. Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes. At 10 a.m. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona began testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee. The hearing is to discuss the budget request for the Department of Education and during which Cardona said… Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes, although it will hold a very brief pro forma session at 10:00 a.m. today. At 10 a.m. Attorney General Merrick Garland began testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the Department of… Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes. The Senate is in recess this week, and will convene at 12:45 p.m. today for a brief pro forma session. The Senate will reconvene next Monday, May 10th at 3:00 p.m. While… Read More
Both the Senate and House are now in recess. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10th at which time it will resume consideration of the nomination of Andrea Palm, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. Next week, the Senate will have brief pro forma sessions on Monday, May… Read More
The House continues to be in a committee work week and will reconvene for votes on Tuesday, May 11th. The Senate convened at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of S.914, Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. The Senate will consider five amendments and is expected to vote on final passage. The legislation… Read More
The House remains in a committee work week and will meet at 6 p.m. in a pro forma session. The House will reconvene on Tuesday, May 11th for votes. The Senate met at 10 a.m. and will begin considering S.J.Res.14, which would effectively reinstate an Obama-era regulation that sought to clamp down on the release… Read More
