The House convened at 10:00 A.M. and is considering H.R. 21 – Strategic Production Response Act. The measure would limit the Energy Department’s ability to draw down petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until it develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. Republicans are aiming to… Read More
As the House and Senate continue to organize committees, organizing resolutions needed to constitute each party’s membership on Senate committees may still get votes this week, but Republicans first have to resolve an intraparty issue over two senators from the same state trying to serve on the same committee. Senate Republican Conference precedent prohibits senators… Read More
With plans to bring a border security bill to the House floor as early as this week on hold amid a backlash from more moderate members, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) has also been unable to corral the votes for a promised pro-police bill. The House will begin the week at noon for morning hour… Read More
The Senate returns today for the first vote of the 118th Congress, while the House returns at noon tomorrow for morning hour and at 2:00 P.M. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 P.M. Along with twelve suspension votes, the House is set to vote this week on the Strategic Production Response Act, legislation… Read More
The 118th Congress convened last week and Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-California) won election early Saturday as House speaker in a historic five-day, 15-ballot floor fight, after giving major concessions to right-wing holdouts and weathering a dramatic late-night setback that underscored the limits of his power over the new Republican majority. McCarthy clawed his way to… Read More
After a night in which the Omnibus looked destined to fail, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced Thursday morning that he’s reached an agreement with colleagues on amendments to the 4,155-page Omnibus so the Senate can pass the bill later in the day and give the House a chance to act Friday before… Read More
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
