The House and Senate are both in session today as both chambers try to wrap up work this week before the long August recess scheduled to begin on Friday. House Republicans face an uphill battle this week passing their first two fiscal 2024 spending bills, with hardline demands for lower spending levels threatening to divide… Read More
Senators on Wednesday began to insert a package of 51 uncontroversial amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — including 21 Republican, 21 Democratic and 9 bipartisan amendments. The upper chamber kicked off those amendment votes Wednesday afternoon after the Senate bill made it through its first hurdle when it passed a procedural vote… Read More
The Senate voted Tuesday evening to advance the critical national defense bill, The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), nearer to a final passage vote, moving one step closer to a showdown with the House over the must-pass legislation. The vote was 72 to 25 to begin the process of taking up the bill which sets… Read More
Both the House and Senate are in session today with less than two weeks to go before the August recess. The Senate is expected to reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will take up the nomination of Rachel Bloomekatz to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit and the will then move on to… Read More
The House will reconvene for votes at 6:30 P.M. with only eight days scheduled before the August recess, which begins next Friday. Among items scheduled for this week are the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization and a couple of less-controversial agency spending bills. One would fund the FDA and the Agriculture Department, the other military construction… Read More
The House finished its work for the week by voting today to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) following a contentious debate and the adoption of controversial amendments that touched on hot-button social issues. The addition of amendments pushed by conservative hardliners related to abortion policy and transgender health care access as well as… Read More
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
