Congress returns from the Memorial Day Recess this coming Monday, June 3, for the start of the summer congressional work period. Below is an outline of what to expect on the Hill in the leadup to August, as well as a lookahead to the remainder of the legislative year. SENATE The forthcoming three-week work period […]

Background It has been nine months since President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) finding that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has engaged in advancing sensitive technologies that threaten U.S. national security. The President’s EO directed Treasury Secretary Yellen to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to limit new investment in certain national security technologies (semiconductors, quantum computing, […]

Today, Energy & Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Ranking Member Frank Pallone authored the following Op-Ed in the WSJ, along with the attached draft legislation. In short, the bipartisan duo is calling for a sunset of Section 230-the legal liability shield that covers the internet and most major tech platforms-in 18 months. The Op-Ed does […]

Today, a bipartisan majority in the House voted to table the much anticipated “Motion to Vacate” resolution offered by Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA). The final vote tally was 359-43, with Republicans voting 196-11 and Democrats voting 163-32 in favor of tabling the measure. As we have previewed for several weeks and months now-and despite direct […]

Happy Saturday! This afternoon, the House passed three individual foreign aid bills, as well as a bill that forces the divestment of TikTok and includes the REPO for Ukrainians Act and various sanctions measures. Following passage of all four components, the bills were combined into one package and will now be sent to the Senate […]

Late last evening, the House Rules Committee reconvened and reported a rule providing for consideration of three security supplementals and the TikTok (and related items) “sidecar” bill: H.R. 8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 8036, the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 8038, the 21st […]

This week is shaping up to be one of the more consequential of the Congress, which is quite the statement given all that has transpired to date. Please see below for our latest state of play, with an emphasis on the House. Security Supplemental Package As has been reported and was detailed in our note […]

As it currently stands, House Republican Leadership is well short of the votes needed to pass a rule for Speaker Johnson’s multi-vote supplemental plan-with even moderate members such as Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) expressing hesitation. This deficit would necessitate that House Democrats make up the difference. As of now, it appears that Democrats are open to […]

Welcome back. This evening, Speaker Johnson hosted a special House GOP Conference meeting where he informed Members that he intends to hold a vote on four separate items this week: Aid to Israel Aid to Ukraine Aid to Taiwan/Indo-Pacific A “Sidecar” consisting of the REPO for Ukrainians Act, structuring of the Ukraine aid as a […]

On Sunday, Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released a discussion draft of legislation entitled “The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) of 2024.” This bipartisan legislative draft represents a long-sought (and elusive) comprehensive national standard for protecting the data privacy rights of Americans. […]