The House and Senate now stand in recess. The House will reconvene on Monday, August 23rd and the Senate on Monday, September 13th. The House continues to operate under protocols allowing for proxy voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Maryland) announcement Tuesday that the chamber would return to consider… Read More
After a 69-30 bipartisan vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill to rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges and fund new climate resilience and broadband initiatives, Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday morning, advancing President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping… Read More
The Senate just overwhelmingly passed the massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package by a vote of 69-30, which only needed a simple majority vote to pass. The House of Representatives will likely not take up the bill until the fall. The House is out for August recess and won’t return for votes until September 20th… Read More
The Senate on Sunday night voted to end debate on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, putting it on a glide path to passing this week. Senators voted 68-29 to end debate on the bill, which required 60 votes. Eighteen GOP senators joined with all Democrats to help advance the legislation. Even though the… Read More
The Senate will be in recess today as a number of senators travel to Wyoming for the memorial service for the late Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) at the Gillette College Pronghorn Center. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) set up a pivotal vote on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan for Saturday, after marathon talks… Read More
The Senate reconvened at 10:30 a.m. and resumed consideration of H.R.3684, the legislative vehicle for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and will also consider the nomination of Eunice Lee, of New York, to be US Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. President Biden nominated Eunice Lee to the United States Court of Appeals for… Read More
Senate action on the $1 trillion plus bipartisan infrastructure bill has slowed to a crawl as lawmakers haggle over more than 250 proposed amendments to the legislation. In several instances, senators are holding their colleagues’ amendments hostage by objecting to voting on them unless their own priorities are also guaranteed a vote. Senators had filed… Read More
The Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. this morning after overwhelmingly approving the first two amendments to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act late Monday. Each was noncontroversial and received far more than the 60 votes necessary to be added to the legislation. The amendments dealt with funding for Native American health care facilities and addressing… Read More
Senators on Sunday night unveiled the legislative text totaling 2,702 pages of the $1 trillion plus bipartisan infrastructure bill during a rare weekend session as Senators rush to begin the amendment process ahead of an expected vote on final passage by the end of the week. The legislation would authorize more than half a trillion… Read More
Both the House and Senate are in session on a Friday. The House met at 9 a.m. for legislative business and in addition to working on 12 bills under suspension of the Rules will potentially take up a 10th appropriations bill, Commerce-Justice-Science, with the issue of police funding continuing to hold up the legislation. The… Read More
