The Senate will reconvene at 1:00 P.M. and will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to Cal. #1, S.5, Laken Riley Act. At approximately 3:00 P.M. the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill. The House met at 9:30 A.M. for legislative business and… Read More
On Wednesday, there will be no votes or legislative business in the House or Senate as Congress pays respect to President James Earl Carter, Jr. while he lies in state. The next votes in the House are expected on Thursday, January 9th at approximately 11:45 A.M. President-elect Donald Trump plans to meet privately Wednesday night… Read More
Federal offices in Washington will be closed again today due to the winter storm, however, the House will meet at 11:00 A.M. for legislative business, with the only vote of the day at 1:00 P.M. when the chamber will consider pursuant to a Rule H.R. 29 – Laken Riley Act. The bill, which would require… Read More
Happy New Year, and the best of everything for 2025! For today, both the Senate and the House will convene at 12:00 P.M. Following Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 1:00 P.M. when the Joint Session of Congress will convene in the Hall of the House of Representatives… Read More
The House is expected to vote late this afternoon to fund the government through December 20th, setting up a potential pre-holiday funding showdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced the Senate will also vote on the continuing resolution (TEXT) (SECTION BY SECTION) this afternoon and said he will not entertain any amendments that… Read More
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced a temporary agreement on Sunday night that would keep the government funded until December 20th. The measure does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the election security proposal backed by former President Donald Trump and it would include “only the extensions that are absolutely necessary” to avoid… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced this morning that he will act later today to advance a bipartisan government funding bill after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) failed to pass a partisan six-month funding measure that was tied to voter registration reform. The six-month funding stopgap was tied to legislation that would require proof… Read More
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is still forging ahead with a vote on his legislation to avert a government shutdown and force questionable tighter U.S. election measures through Congress today after he was forced to cancel a vote on the measure last week after losing GOP support days after being unveiled. More than a dozen Republican… Read More
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisianna) announced on Tuesday that the House will move forward with a plan to vote on a partisan stopgap measure to keep the government funded this week, despite Democratic opposition and intra-party pushback that foiled a vote on the measure last week. Congress has until the end of the month to… Read More
A growing number of House Republicans are pushing for a clean continuing resolution (CR) that kicks the shutdown deadline to after Election Day, likely December 15th. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) scrapped plans for the House to vote on his conservative funding bill Wednesday when it became clear it didn’t have anywhere near the GOP votes… Read More
