Following the events of the weekend, the Senate returns on Tuesday for a short week on account of Senator Diane Feinstein’s funeral. Next week, the Senate will be in recess as scheduled; the House, in a departure from its original schedule, will be in session both this week and next. There are a lot of […]

Following the events of the weekend, the Senate returns on Tuesday for a short week on account of Senator Diane Feinstein’s funeral.  Next week, the Senate will be in recess as scheduled; the House, in a departure from its original schedule, will be in session both this week and next.  There are a lot of […]

In a surprising turn of events, the House has on a bipartisan vote of 335-91 passed a continuing resolution (CR) that will keep the government funded until mid-November.  The CR extends current funding levels through November 17; includes disaster funding;  excludes Ukraine funding; and extends necessary authorizations for the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Flood […]

Last night, the Senate overwhelmingly adopted a proposal by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bob Casey (D-PA) to require covered U.S. entities to notify the Department of Treasury 14 days prior to and 14 days after making investments in sensitive technologies in China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The Cornyn/Casey language, called the Outbound Investment […]

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 […]

HOUSE SCHEDULE The House will consider H.R. 3746, The Fiscal Responsibility Act (“debt limit agreement”), today as scheduled. Last night the House Rules Committee reported a closed rule for consideration of the bill on a narrow 7-6 vote, meaning no amendments were made in order. The House will meet at 2:00 p.m. today for consideration […]

During yesterday’s White House meeting between President Biden and the “Big Four” leaders of Congress, the President agreed to Speaker McCarthy’s ask that they enter into one-on-one negotiations and limit the number of people in the room going forward. This was the natural progression of talks and represents the start of more serious negotiations. As […]

While the Senate has remained in session, the House returns from its one-week recess next Tuesday, May 9, for a three week stretch of session that will now be squarely focused on the looming debt limit X date. Looking forward, the Senate is scheduled to be out of session the week of May 22, while […]

 As we previewed previously (and has now been reported), Speaker McCarthy and the House Republican Leadership team are outlining a proposed legislative package for raising the debt limit at this morning’s GOP Conference meeting. Finalized text could theoretically be made public later today, though the details remain dependent on the feedback Leadership receives throughout the […]