The House and Senate are both not in session today. The Senate will reconvene at 3:00 P.M. on Monday to continue work on the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021. The House will next reconvene for votes on Monday, June 14th after two committee work weeks and Memorial Day recess. President Joe Biden… Read More
The House met at 9 a.m. and will complete work and pass H.R. 3237 – Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act, 2021. The package includes: $529.7 million for the Architect of the Capitol to enhance security throughout the complex including the option of a retractable security system with pop-in fencing, $520.9… Read More
The House met at 10 a.m. and will take up H.R. 3233 – National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act. The legislation will establish an independent commission that would investigate the violent insurrection incited by embattled former President Donald J. Trump on January 6 at the US… Read More
The House met at 10 a.m. and will take up 25 bills under suspension of the Rules, including H.R. 2655 – Insider Trading Prohibition Act. The House will also consider the Rule Providing for Consideration of a resolution condemning the horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, 2021, and reaffirming the House of Representative’s… Read More
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
