Congress is set to vote on a 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion government funding bill this week after the Omnibus funding package, made up of the 12 annual appropriations bills, which will fund the government and its various agencies through the remainder of fiscal 2023 was released early this morning. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)… Read More
President Joe Biden signed a one-week stopgap funding bill on Friday to avert a government shutdown, extending the deadline until Friday, December 23rd to allow congressional negotiators more time to finalize a full-year funding deal. The House approved the measure on Wednesday, and the Senate voted on Thursday evening to pass the bill, a day… Read More
The House passed a stopgap spending bill Wednesday night that gives negotiators an extra week to finish a $1.7 trillion year-end spending package, setting up an all-out legislative sprint before lawmakers leave for the holidays. The temporary funding patch, approved in a 224-201 vote, holds off a government shutdown Friday at midnight and extends federal… Read More
House and Senate lawmakers have struck a much-anticipated deal on a potential framework for an omnibus package to fund the government for fiscal year 2023. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) on Tuesday night said negotiators had “reached a bipartisan, bicameral framework that should allow us to finish an omnibus appropriations bill that can… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said this morning that he expects a year-end omnibus spending package to include the Electoral Count Act and more funding for Ukraine. The Electoral Count Act would clarify that the constitutional role of the vice president is solely ministerial when Congress convenes in a joint session every four… Read More
Senate Democrats are putting off plans to release the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending legislation on Monday, citing progress in bipartisan talks this weekend. Democratic appropriators were poised to release a partisan bill as part of an effort to push Republicans into negotiating an omnibus spending package, but talks with the GOP have advanced enough to… Read More
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) was reelected Thursday morning to serve another term as Senate majority leader, capping a successful two years, after being reelected to a fifth Senate term in November. Senate Democrats also reelected the rest of Schumer’s leadership team, giving Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) another term as Senate Democratic whip, Senator Debbie… Read More
As the House and Senate continue to work towards taking up the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), this morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said ongoing talks are creating a “grab bag of miscellaneous pet priorities” and he called on Democratic leaders to cut the controversial provisions from the defense bill to give it… Read More
The House and Senate are back in session today, as both chambers work towards finishing work for the year. The House is poised to send legislation protecting same-sex marriage to President Joe Biden’s desk this week, capping off months of bipartisan negotiations spurred this summer by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas calling for the reversal… Read More
A House-passed bill to head off a nationwide freight rail strike faces an uncertain future in the Senate, just days before a threatened work stoppage is likely to begin affecting the economy. On Wednesday, the House voted 290-137 to force the rail deal that was brokered by the White House earlier this year and also… Read More
