The Senate stands adjourned until 5:00 P.M. for the ceremony commemorating the life and legacy of the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham (R-South Carolina) being held in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. Following the Congressional Tribute there will be a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral at 2:00 P.M. When the Senate…
Read More With the House now in recess until August 31st, the Senate has a full agenda during its potential two-week sprint to August recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) is under pressure from competing parts of his conference — and the White House — over the SAVE America Act, reconciliation 3.0, the NDAA, government…
Read More On Friday, House Republicans released a 15-page continuing resolution extending government funding through December 4th. Moving forward with a CR at this stage is far earlier than usual as the bill would temporarily extend current funding levels while lawmakers continue negotiating fiscal 2027 appropriations bills. The stopgap measure will certainly face resistance from some conservatives…
Read More House Republican leaders are facing pressure from the clock and their own members over a $95 billion reconciliation framework that they are attempting to advance out of the Budget Committee on Thursday, raising questions about whether the package will make it out of the House, let alone to President Donald J. Trump’s desk. The budget…
Read More House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a budget framework for a roughly $95 billion reconciliation package that would provide funding for defense, farm aid and state efforts to implement voter ID requirements in elections. The resolution marks the opening salvo in Republicans’ effort to use the budget reconciliation process one final time to advance key GOP…
Read More The Senate adjourned last night for a 19 day recess until July 13th after Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) held a vote to adjourn after a contentious day on the Hill, in which President Donald J. Trump bucked his plans to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill in order to demand Senate action on…
Read More President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday canceled via Truth Social a scheduled Capitol Hill signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill that leaders in both parties had heralded as a win. “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider…
Read More The Senate passed a bill aimed at lowering housing costs on Monday after a major breakthrough and rare bipartisan consensus that comes as affordability remains top of mind for voters heading into the midterm elections. In an 85-5 vote, the Senate approved the legislation along wide bipartisan margins. It now heads to the House for…
Read More The Senate is back in session this week before a two week July Fourth recess and today is expected to vote on passage of a bipartisan affordable housing bill (TEXT; SECTION by SECTION) that would limit the number of single-family homes major investors can purchase, after months of debate spanning both chambers of Congress. The…
Read More Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) said Tuesday the chamber will move forward with its first procedural vote on updated bipartisan housing affordability legislation. The movement comes after the leaders of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services Committees announced bicameral agreement on the long-awaited bill. The text of the revised 21st Century ROAD…
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