Both the House and Senate have returned from their August recess and are in a sprint through September before they are expected to adjourn at the end of the month to go home to campaign. Top of mind is getting the government funded, prior to the September 30th funding deadline, which as expected, is not…
Read More A major tax package that would bolster the Child Tax Credit and cut taxes for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday in the face of widespread Republican opposition, despite clearing the House by wide bipartisan margins earlier this year. Known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024,…
Read More The Senate reconvened today at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to confirm the nomination of Dorothy Camille Shea to be Deputy Representative to the United Nations, and the Deputy Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations. Around 1:45 PM, the Senate is expected to vote on the Motion to invoke cloture on motion…
Read More The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to spend today working on nominations, including confirmation of the nomination of Meredith A. Vacca to be United States District Judge for the Western District of New York and Confirmation of the nomination of Joseph Francis Saporito, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the…
Read More The Senate on Tuesday is poised to pass a pair of children’s online safety bills — a rare sign of bipartisan cooperation in the middle of a volatile and acrimonious presidential campaign. But the legislation won’t make it to President Joe Biden’s desk anytime soon. The House has just begun its six-week summer recess and…
Read More While the House is now in recess until Monday, September 9th, the Senate will be in session this week. The Senate plans to work on final passage, expected tomorrow afternoon, of an online safety bill aimed at kids- Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The…
Read More House Republicans on Wednesday passed the final government funding bill before August recess, proposing steep cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal year 2025. The bill’s funding levels called for an overall decrease compared to current spending levels, with a GOP summary outlining a 20 percent cut to EPA funding, cuts upwards of…
Read More House Republicans’ ambitious hopes of passing all their annual government funding bills by next week are quickly crumbling as a tight schedule and continued intraparty rifts threaten efforts to approve their spending blueprints for 2025. Republicans had previously aimed to have all 12 annual funding bills pass by the August recess. But the timeline has…
Read More As the House races to finish its week before the Fourth of July recess, it will today continue consideration of H.R. 8771 – Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025 and then begin consideration of H.R. 8774 – Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025. While both bills are expected to pass…
Read More The House will continue to push through appropriations bills today as they anticipate passage of both the Homeland Security, State-Foreign Operations and Defense spending bills before Friday. Those three bills would join the Military Construction-VA measure which passed with four Democratic votes earlier this month giving Republican leadership more leverage in the bipartisan, bicameral government…
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