Both the Senate and House are now in recess. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10th at which time it will resume consideration of the nomination of Andrea Palm, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. Next week, the Senate will have brief pro forma sessions on Monday, May… Read More
The House continues to be in a committee work week and will reconvene for votes on Tuesday, May 11th. The Senate convened at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of S.914, Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. The Senate will consider five amendments and is expected to vote on final passage. The legislation… Read More
The House remains in a committee work week and will meet at 6 p.m. in a pro forma session. The House will reconvene on Tuesday, May 11th for votes. The Senate met at 10 a.m. and will begin considering S.J.Res.14, which would effectively reinstate an Obama-era regulation that sought to clamp down on the release… Read More
The House continues to be in a committee work week and will reconvene on Tuesday, May 11th for votes. The Senate met at 10 a.m. and will take up the nomination of Jason Scott Miller for deputy OMB director for management and the nomination of Janet McCabe for deputy EPA administrator. The Senate is also… Read More
The House is in a committee work week this week during which time House Republicans have their GOP retreat in Orlando, Florida. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-California) is hoping to use the Orlando meeting to unify his members around a policy agenda that can pave their road back to the Majority. The retreat will… Read More
The House and Senate are both out today. The Senate will reconvene on Monday, however the House will be in committee work weeks the next two weeks and will reconvene for votes on Tuesday, May 11th. After President Joe Biden kicked off the first day of his climate change summit yesterday by declaring that the… Read More
The House has convened and is considering H.R. 51 – The Washington, D.C. Admission Act. The bill would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that faces obstacles to final passage even with the party now in control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. House Democrats passed the bill last year… Read More
The House met at noon for legislative business and is set to pass legislation that aims to prevent the White House from instituting expansive travel bans like the one former President Donald J. Trump imposed on predominantly Muslim countries, and would explicitly bar any such edict based on religion. The No Ban Act would restrict… Read More
The Senate met at 10 a.m. and resumed consideration of S.937, COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act. The Senate will vote Wednesday on the legislation which addresses a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday. The bill introduced by Senator Mazie Hirono, (D-Hawaii), and Representative Grace Meng, (D-New York), would… Read More
President Joe Biden is meeting with a bipartisan and bicameral group of 10 lawmakers today to discuss the American Jobs Plan. All of those House and Senate members slated to attend are former governors and mayors. From the Senate: Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado), Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) Angus King (I-Maine), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and John… Read More
