Senate Republican leaders are offering a deal to Democrats to speed up passage of a sweeping government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid saying they will agree to an accelerated schedule if Democrats give them up-or-down amendment votes on Republican priorities. Senators are facing an end-of-the-day Friday deadline to pass a bill… Read More
Republicans and Democrats struck a deal late last night on the long-delayed $1.5 trillion spending bill to fund the government until October and also provide nearly $14 billion to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The House held a 1:30 A.M. Rules Committee meeting on the bill and the full chamber is expected to… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:30 A.M. and resumed consideration of H.R.3076, the Postal Service Reform Act. At the same time, Senators say they are close to an agreement to provide billions in new coronavirus relief, set to be tied to a massive government funding bill. Congress is expected to include at least $15 billion in… Read More
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
