Both the House and Senate will reconvene for the week today for legislative business. The House met at noon, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. when it will consider seventeen bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules including H.R. 2911 – VA Transparency and Trust Act of 2021. The Senate will meet at… Read More
While the Senate is out today, the House met at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business and will complete consideration of H.R. 1065 – Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. This afternoon, President Joe Biden will meet with six recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the Oval Office as his administration signals his immigration… Read More
The House met at noon for legislative business and will complete consideration of H.R. 2547 – Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act which would dramatically reform laws regulating debt collectors, and would provide new relief to private student loan borrowers. The Senate convened at 11:00 a.m. and resumed consideration of the nomination of Amber Faye McReynolds,… Read More
At 11:00 a.m. President Joe Biden will meet with Republican and Democratic leaders from both houses of Congress for the first time since taking office, pressing them on his proposals to spend $4 trillion for infrastructure and families. Mr. Biden is scheduled to meet with Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority… Read More
The House returns starting at 2 p.m., with votes expected after 6:30 p.m. Following one-minute speeches, the House is expected to consider fourteen bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules, mostly bills related to health care and mental health including H.R. 2862 – Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act. The Senate convened at 10… Read More
The House will reconvene tomorrow from its two week committee work week period while the Senate will reconvene at 3 p.m. today. The Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Andrea Joan Palm, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. As a new week starts for the Biden Administration, Sixty-three percent of… Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes. Today, the House will hold two hearings as the appropriations process begins to ramp up. At 1 p.m. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee and 2 p.m…. Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes. At 10 a.m. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona began testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee. The hearing is to discuss the budget request for the Department of Education and during which Cardona said… Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes, although it will hold a very brief pro forma session at 10:00 a.m. today. At 10 a.m. Attorney General Merrick Garland began testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the Department of… Read More
The House is in a committee work week again this week, and will reconvene next Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. for votes. The Senate is in recess this week, and will convene at 12:45 p.m. today for a brief pro forma session. The Senate will reconvene next Monday, May 10th at 3:00 p.m. While… Read More
