As we return from Memorial Day Recess, the House will be in a committee work week this week, and will reconvene for votes next Monday, June 14th at 6:30 p.m. The Senate will convene at 3:00 p.m. today and will resume consideration of the nomination of Julien Xavier Neals to be US District Judge for…
Read MoreThe Senate convened at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of S.1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021. At some point today, Senate Republicans are expected to block a bill creating a commission to investigate the pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol on January 6th, which left five dead and about 150 police…
Read MoreThe House remains in a committee work week. The Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and will resume consideration of S.1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021. Republican Senators had raised concerns on Tuesday that the Senate wasn’t allowing enough votes on amendments, and though the chamber locked in six additional votes that night,…
Read MoreThe House is in a committee work week and will meet in a pro forma session at noon. The Senate met at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on…
Read MoreThe House is in a committee work week this week and will next reconvene for votes on Monday, June 14th after Memorial Day recess next week, and another committee work week the week of June 7th. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. today and continue work on S.1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act…
Read MoreThe House and Senate are both not in session today. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. on Monday to continue work on the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021. The House will next reconvene for votes on Monday, June 14th after two committee work weeks and Memorial Day recess. President Joe Biden…
Read MoreThe House met at 9 a.m. and will complete work and pass H.R. 3237 – Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act, 2021. The package includes: $529.7 million for the Architect of the Capitol to enhance security throughout the complex including the option of a retractable security system with pop-in fencing, $520.9…
Read MoreThe House met at 10 a.m. and will take up H.R. 3233 – National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act. The legislation will establish an independent commission that would investigate the violent insurrection incited by embattled former President Donald J. Trump on January 6 at the US…
Read MoreThe House met at 10 a.m. and will take up 25 bills under suspension of the Rules, including H.R. 2655 – Insider Trading Prohibition Act. The House will also consider the Rule Providing for Consideration of a resolution condemning the horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, 2021, and reaffirming the House of Representative’s…
Read MoreBoth the House and Senate will reconvene for the week today for legislative business. The House met at noon, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. when it will consider seventeen bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules including H.R. 2911 – VA Transparency and Trust Act of 2021. The Senate will meet at…
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