The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and resumed consideration of Treaty document 117-1, amendment to Montreal Protocol post-cloture. The Kigali Amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, compels countries to phase down hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, planet-warming chemicals used in air conditioning and refrigeration that are hundreds to thousands of times as powerful as carbon dioxide. The… Read More
Work continues on the delayed continuing resolution (CR) in the Senate. The delay stems from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-New York) decision to include West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin’s permitting reform proposal in the continuing resolution which will keep the government open until mid-December. The Manchin proposal has yet to be released, but Republicans… Read More
The Senate will convene at 3:00 P.M. and plans to spend the week working on the continuing resolution (CR) as well as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol Treaty which cloture was filed on last week, kicking off the process to bring the treaty up for a vote in the upper chamber. The Kigali… Read More
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced he will hold off on a vote on the bill to codify same-sex marriage into law until after the midterm elections as lawmakers struggle to win the support of ten Republicans to advance it. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) told reporters on Thursday afternoon of the decision,… Read More
As the House prepares to consider the continuing resolution (CR) next week, House Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Arizona) on Wednesday sent meeting requests to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-California) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-New York) to discuss the push to separate the two issues. After gathering signatures from 87 House Democrats, including at… Read More
While work on the continuing resolution (CR) continues, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) continues to negotiate whether permitting reforms should be included on the short-term spending bill that’s expected to fund the government through mid-December. The decision has prompted pushback from more than 70 House members, including many progressives, and Senator Bernie Sanders… Read More
The House will reconvene from its August recess at 6:30 P.M. and is scheduled to swear in three new lawmakers who won seats in Congress in recent special elections at 6:50 P.M. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) will swear in former Alaska state Representative Mary Peltola, who won a special election last month to finish the… Read More
The Senate is expected to start the process for considering a bill to protect same-sex marriage on the federal level this week, marking the culmination of a months-long effort by Democrats and some Republicans to codify marriage equality after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The House previously passed the marriage equality… Read More
With the House expected to begin work on the continuing resolution (CR) next week upon its return, Senate negotiators expect to also reach a deal on a bill to protect same-sex marriages in time to begin considering it on floor next week, which would put it on a path to pass before the end of… Read More
As negotiations move forward on the continuing resolution (CR), Senate leaders appear to be on board with an interim spending measure that will keep the government operating until December 16th, which is also the preferred expiration date for House Democrats, as they prepare the continuing resolution for a vote as soon as mid next week. … Read More
