The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and resumed consideration of the Message accompanying H.R.4346, the legislative vehicle for the CHIPS+ legislation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) filed cloture on the bill aimed at boosting the U.S. semiconductor industry on Wednesday night setting up pivotal test votes next week. The Senate “chips-plus” bill includes…
Read More The Senate reconvened at 10:00 A.M. after voting last night to advance a slimmed-down version of its bill designed to boost U.S. semiconductor competition with China. The bill cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday evening in a 64-34 vote even as lawmakers worked to finish various sections of the legislation. The bill, which would provide…
Read More The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and is expected to take an important procedural vote on a bill that would authorize more than $50 billion in subsidies and tax credits for U.S. chip makers. The measure, known as the Chips for America Act, is a pared-down version of a broader set of bills designed to…
Read More Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) on Wednesday paused negotiations with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) on the budget reconciliation bill saying that it “needs to be scrubbed much better” after a new report showed that inflation hit 9.1 percent in June. Manchin said he’s not sure if he can agree to anything beyond…
Read More In the Senate, discussions continue between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) on the party-line economic reconciliation package to lower drug prices and raise taxes on high earners that utilize pass through corporations, despite Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Kentucky) threat to block the China-centric measure if Democrats…
Read More Both the Senate and House are back in session today after the July Fourth recess. The Senate is expected to be in session until Friday, August 5th and the House until Friday, July 29th before leaving for August recess. Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced progress over recess in negotiations…
Read More Ending the June work period, last night the Senate approved the bipartisan legislation aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people, after a small group of Republicans joined Senate Democrats to break through their party’s longstanding blockade of gun safety measures. The Senate passed the measure 65 to 33, with 15 Republicans,…
Read More The Senate just advanced the bipartisan gun-safety bill past the threat of a Republican filibuster, setting up a final vote for later in the day today or Friday on the farthest-reaching gun legislation that Congress has considered in over three decades. The measure advanced in a 65-34 vote, at least 60 votes were needed. Senators…
Read More The Senate on Tuesday cleared the first hurdle to passing a bipartisan measure aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people, agreeing to take up a compromise bill whose enactment would break a yearslong stalemate over federal legislation to address gun violence. While the bill falls short of the sweeping gun control…
Read More The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and just passed H.R.3967, Honoring our PACT Act, as amended. The legislation would help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service. A wide bipartisan majority approved the long-awaited bill by a vote of 84-14 and it will now go to the House…
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