A revolt from conservatives thrust the House floor into a state of limbo again Wednesday morning, with Republican leaders forced to delay a second try at advancing a rule GOP Conservatives shot down one day earlier. The underlying legislation stalled by the defeated rule included two measures to prohibit federal bans of gas stoves and… Read More
House Republicans are taking up legislation this week aimed at preventing bans of gas stoves, with the conference set to consider two bills: one that would prohibit the use of federal funds to ban stoves, and another that calls for blocking an Energy Department rule that institutes energy conservation standards for some consumer products, which… Read More
The Senate spent much of the day yesterday trying to broker a deal among the chamber’s 100 members to speed up the voting schedule on the legislation to raise the debt ceiling, H.R.3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act. The final vote in the Senate was 63-to-36 and as in the House, Democrats carried the measure to passage,… Read More
With a final vote of 314-117, H.R.3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, to raise the debt ceiling overwhelmingly passed the House last night with under two-thirds of the Republican conference voting for it and more Democrats voting for the bill than GOP lawmakers. After Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) failed to secure the necessary Republican votes to pass… Read More
The House of Representatives is on track to vote Wednesday night on a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, as Congress races to prevent a catastrophic default. If the House passes the bill tonight as expected, it would next need to be passed by the Senate before it can be… Read More
Negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans had a second extended negotiating session late into last night, in addition to the one that lasted four hours in the afternoon. A debt limit deal is still not yet close for House Republicans and the White House as House members leave Washington and the risk of… Read More
As negotiations on the debt ceiling continue, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and President Joe Biden met again on Monday but are still short of a deal to avoid a U.S. debt default that could come as soon as June 1st. Among items still being negotiated in this fluid process are reportedly a Republican compromise on… Read More
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said Wednesday that he is optimistic that congressional negotiators could reach a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling in time to hold a House vote on it next week. Negotiators are aiming to hammer out an agreement before President Joe Biden’s scheduled return to Washington on Sunday from… Read More
House Democrats pushed forward on Wednesday with a procedural move that could force a vote to increase the debt limit should negotiations between President Joe Biden and Republicans collapse, despite signs of progress in the bipartisan talks. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), wrote to his colleagues urging them to quickly sign a discharge… Read More
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter on Monday to Congressional Leadership saying that the United States is still projected to exhaust all options to keep paying the country’s bills as early as June 1st, leaving Congress with fewer than three weeks to avert a potential worst-case scenario. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin… Read More
