The Senate is not in session and stands in recess until 3:00 P.M. on Monday, April 4 when the Senate is expected to vote on a motion to discharge the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from the Committee on the Judiciary. Once the… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to confirm Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia and Georgette Castner to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. The Senate is also expected to vote on the Motion to invoke cloture on… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and is continuing its work on nominations. Today, the Senate will consider the nominations of Alvaro M. Bedoya to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Judith DelZoppo Pryor to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and January Contreras to be Assistant Secretary for Family… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to spend most of today voting on nominations. Specifically, the Senate will vote on the Motion to discharge the nomination of Lisa DeNell Cook to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, from the Banking Committee and will also vote… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will resume consideration of H.R.4521, the America COMPETES Act which the Senate will vote to send back to the House in order for the two chambers to start formal conference negotiations on what will now be called the Bipartisan Innovation Act. Last week, with bipartisan support, the… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and has resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to, H.R.4521, America COMPETES Act, post-cloture. Earlier today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) tried to quickly move House passed legislation to end normal trade relations with Russia but it was held up by Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the… Read More
The Senate convened at 10 A.M. and resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.4521, America COMPETES Act, post-cloture. As stated yesterday, this House-passed version of the China competition bill varies from the package that cleared the Senate in June 2021, which would make investments in semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain resilience. Once the… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to, H.R.4521, America COMPETES Act- the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength Act of 2022 which is intended to boost U.S. competitiveness with China, specifically in semiconductor manufacturing and research. The bill, made up… Read More
The House convened at 9:00 A.M. and is wrapping up work on H.R. 2116 – CROWN Act of 2022 which prohibits discrimination “based on the individual’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin.” The House will be in recess next week… Read More
As a path on additional COVID funding remains unclear, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) on Thursday said she’s advised the Biden administration to seek tens of billions of dollars more in emergency COVID-19 relief, suggesting it will take more than $40 billion to meet the testing, vaccine and therapeutic needs of the U.S. and the larger… Read More
