The House and Senate return to session following the two-week July Fourth recess. The forthcoming July work period will move quickly, with the House and Senate each scheduled to be in session for just three weeks before breaking until after Labor Day. The Senate will return September 5 and the House will return September 12. […]

With the strong bipartisan vote in the House last night providing some momentum, the hope and growing expectation is that the Senate will be able to obtain unanimous consent (UC) of all 100 Senators to set a handful of amendment votes and then expedite consideration and passage of the debt limit bill by sometime tomorrow […]