Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced this morning that the Senate, House and White House have reached a deal on a framework to pay for the massive $3.5 trillion infrastructure spending package they hope to pass this fall under budget reconciliation. The deal does not include a top-line revenue number or a top-line…
Read More The House on Tuesday passed legislation that would prevent a government shutdown, funding the government until December 3rd and which will suspend the debt limit ahead of looming deadlines with only days to spare. The bill passed on a party-line vote of 220-211, but the measure is set to run into Republican opposition in the…
Read More House and Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a measure that would fund the federal government into December while holding off a potential default on U.S. debt through next year, setting up a last-minute clash with Republicans ahead of two key fiscal deadlines on Capitol Hill. Democrats’ plans immediately encountered fierce resistance from Senate Minority Leader…
Read More Both the House and Senate will reconvene today and begin a frantic two week period of work to try to complete items that need to be finished by September 30th. Today is the first day both chambers will be in session on the same day since late July. The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m….
Read More The Senate has adjourned for the week for the Yom Kippur Holiday. The next roll call vote will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 20th, on confirmation of the nomination of Veronica S. Rossman to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. The House will also reconvene on Monday, September 20th with…
Read More The Senate convened at 10 a.m. and resumed consideration of the nomination of James Richard Kvaal to be Under Secretary of Education. The Senate is also expected to consider the nomination of David G. Estudillo to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, Angel Kelley to be United States District Judge…
Read More The Senate reconvenes at 3:00 p.m. with a substantial to do list for September, including voting rights, funding the government, raising the debt ceiling, the must-pass defense bills, an abortion fight in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Texas decision and high-profile hearings today and tomorrow over the Biden administration’s messy Afghanistan withdrawal. Much of…
Read More The House has adjourned again, after House Democrats voted Tuesday to move forward with President Joe Biden’s top domestic legislative priorities after resolving a standoff between Democratic Leadership and centrist members, who threatened to block the $3.5 trillion safety net expansion. The House voted 220 to 212 on a key procedural motion to instruct committees…
Read More The House is back in session today, and the two-track approach to enacting President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic plans that made early progress in the Senate faces a crucial test this week in the House, where it hinges on the fractious Democratic majority moving largely in lockstep. At issue is the timing of the House’s…
Read More The House and Senate now stand in recess. The House will reconvene on Monday, August 23rd and the Senate on Monday, September 13th. The House continues to operate under protocols allowing for proxy voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Maryland) announcement Tuesday that the chamber would return to consider…
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