As detailed yesterday, House committees continue to hold conference calls to assemble COVID relief legislation which House and Senate Democrats plan to pass through the budget reconciliation process. President Biden indicated last night that he’s open to negotiation on his proposal for a $15 minimum wage, a centerpiece of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill… Read More
The conclusion of former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial was briefly cast into doubt on Saturday after a last-minute request for witness testimony threatened to extend a proceeding on whether the president had incited the January 6th Capitol riot which was “the most grievous constitutional crime ever committed by a president.” But the House impeachment… Read More
The House met at 9:30 a.m. in a pro forma session while budget reconciliation markups continue as the groundwork is laid for the COVID relief package. A dozen House committees are working on different elements of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue proposal and the committees plan to complete their work on Friday, with the… Read More
House impeachment managers will focus on the harm and damage left behind by the January 6th insurrection in the second full day of their presentations in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump They will also focus on former President Trump’s lack of remorse in the wake of the attack on the… Read More
The House will continue work today on the budget reconciliation process as committees assemble the massive COVID relief package. The Ways and Means Committee begins its markup at 10 a.m. Subtitles A-I. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup starts at 11 a.m. Text. The Financial Services Committee markup is at 12 p.m. Text. The Budget… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced yesterday that he and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) clinched an agreement on the parameters and schedule for former President Donald J. Trump’s second impeachment trial. As a result, Senate leaders will update the trial’s organizing resolution before the full chamber adopts it on Tuesday with… Read More
The Senate will continue work this week on three major items: the impeachment trial of disgraced former President Donald J. Trump, moving forward President Joseph R. Biden’s nominees and continuing the work of assembling COVID relief legislation. Top Senate leaders finalized a bipartisan agreement for an exceedingly swift impeachment proceeding that would begin on Tuesday. … Read More
The Senate early this morning adopted a budget blueprint that would grease the wheels for a partisan coronavirus relief package that Democratic leaders are getting ready to draft next week. The budget resolution was adopted by a vote of 51-50. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the decisive vote after senators predictably deadlocked along party lines. … Read More
House Republicans voted 145-61 Wednesday night to keep Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) in her role as the number three Republican leader in the chamber, fighting back an effort from those who were unhappy with her impeachment vote and criticism of former President Donald Trump. At the same time, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) confirmed this morning that he has reached an agreement with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) on the organizing resolution for operation of the 50-50 Senate. The new power-sharing agreement is modeled after the organizing resolution from 2001, the last time there was a 50/50 Senate. Schumer already announced… Read More
