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
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent and emotional appeal to Congress on Wednesday morning to come to his country’s aid as it fights off a brutal Russian invasion, asking help protecting its air space, military assistance and stronger sanctions as part of what he cast as a war for the cause of democracy itself. … Read More
The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and resumed consideration of the nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, post-cloture. The Senate is also considering the nomination of Susan Tsui Grundmann to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years. Senators… Read More
The Senate returns at 3 P.M. to resume consideration of Shalanda Young’s nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget with a procedural vote to advance her nomination scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Young, who is OMB’s deputy director, has been serving as acting director of the key White House office since a… Read More
Last night, the Senate quickly passed the $1.5 trillion government spending bill, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk before the shutdown deadline tonight. The final vote was 68-31 on the 2,700-page, $1.5 trillion omnibus containing all 12 fiscal 2022 spending bills and $13.6 billion in supplemental appropriations to address the crisis in Ukraine. As… Read More
