Yesterday, the House Rules Committee approved an initial package of nearly 300 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act in a party-line vote just after 11 p.m. However, Republicans are still fighting over the most divisive amendments, including Pentagon abortion policies, medical care for transgender troops and various diversity programs. The Rules Committee will meet… Read More
The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and is spending today processing nominations. The chamber plans to take up the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Rosemarie Hidalgo to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office-Department of Justice, Kymberly Kathryn Evanson to be United States District Judge for the Western… Read More
The Senate will reconvene today, and the House tomorrow, for a relatively brief three week work period before the lengthy August recess. This month the Senate is scheduled to be in session for about twelve days, and the House for twelve days, before both are scheduled to adjourn on Friday, July 28th. Over the weekend,… Read More
Before adjourning for its two week recess, the House passed H.R. 3564 – Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023 which would roll back changes made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a conventional single-family mortgage. After today, the House will be in… Read More
At 4:00 P.M. His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, will address a Joint Meeting of Congress in the Hall of the House of Representatives. While Modi faces criticism from some U.S. lawmakers and advocates over human rights and his country’s reluctance to break with Russia in its war in Ukraine,… Read More
Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are marking up their respective versions (House Chairman’s Mark) of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today. Republicans are expected to offer a variety of amendments during the marathon markups to rein in Pentagon policies to promote diversity and inclusion, combat extremism in the ranks and… Read More
Both the House and Senate are expected to be in session through Friday this week before adjourning for the two week Independence Day recess. Both chambers Armed Services Committees will launch their full-committee markups of the annual National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, the House in a public meeting and the Senate in closed session. … Read More
Both the Senate and House are scheduled to end their work weeks with a relatively light day. The Senate is expected to take up the nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York and also vote on a Motion to invoke cloture on the nomination… Read More
The House advanced a slate of bills Tuesday afternoon, bringing a floor blockade to an end after a tentative agreement was reached between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and hardline conservatives who had brought the chamber floor to a halt in retaliation over how GOP leadership handled the debt ceiling deal. The stalemate is at an… Read More
A small bloc of conservative Republicans are holding the floor of the House of Representatives hostage, forcing Republican leaders to cancel votes for the rest of the week. For the second straight day, the conservatives blocked several leadership-backed bills from moving forward Wednesday in protest of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-California) handling of the debt deal… Read More
