House and Senate lawmakers are racing to finalize and pass a massive government funding bill that would also send billions in new aid to Ukraine. Congress must pass the sweeping bill, which would fund the government through the end of September, and President Joe Biden has to sign it before the end of Friday in… Read More
Both the House and Senate are in recess today. Negotiations over an omnibus spending package remained far from complete Thursday night as the late arrival of a White House supplemental funding request threw a wrench in the talks. The White House on Thursday formally asked lawmakers to attach to the fiscal 2022 spending package $32.5… Read More
The Senate is expected to finish work on H.R.3076, The Postal Service Reform Act. The bill, which the White House and postal unions support, would eliminate a requirement that the Postal Service prefund retiree health benefits, saving what the Postal Service projects is at least $27 billion over 10 years. The bill would also require… Read More
After last night’s State of the Union, the House convened at 10:00 A.M. and began work on H.R. 3967 – Honoring our PACT Act of 2021. The Rule passed yesterday will make in order 28 amendments and allows for amendments to be offered en bloc. A full list of amendments can be found here. The… Read More
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday following the Presidents Day recess to find their agenda flipped on its head as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the fight to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court take center stage. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address tonight, lawmakers… Read More
The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of a Friday night deadline, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk for a signature. Senators voted 65-27 on the bill, which funds the government through March 11 at current levels after passing the House last week. The Senate now stands… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:30 A.M. and resumed work on the Continuing Resolution to March 11th. As part of a deal to speed up the continuing resolution, Republicans want votes on two amendments to defund President Biden’s vaccine mandates although senators have made similar efforts during the previous short-term spending bills, and they’ve fallen short. … Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. and proceeded to resume consideration of the nomination of Celeste Ann Wallander to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. The Senate is then expected to complete work and vote on the nomination of Robert McKinnon Califf to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), Department of Health and Human… Read More
The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.3076, a bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service. Key parts of the bill include requiring Postal Service employees to enroll in Medicare, which would cut down on premiums amounting… Read More
Both the House and Senate are not in session today. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, February 14th and resume consideration of H.R.3076, a bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service. The Senate may also take up the nomination of Robert McKinnon Califf to… Read More
