After two House Republican Conference meetings today (without phones allowed), countless individual Member calls and meetings, hundreds of press and X hits, and no votes on the floor, House Republicans finished the day no closer to electing a Speaker of the House than when they started.  Amidst this backdrop, Steve Scalise announced to the Conference […]

The House Republican nominating conference for Speaker of the House began just after 10:00 a.m. this morning.  The first order of business was consideration of a Chip Roy amendment to Conference rules requiring that the Speaker-nominee reach 218 votes in Conference before advancing to the House floor.  This amendment was widely viewed as an obstacle […]

Kevin McCarthy has told the House Republican Conference that he will not be a candidate for Speaker when the House reconvenes to elect a Speaker. Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), the Speaker pro tempore, has announced that no further votes will be conducted in the House this week. The House Republican Conference is expected to reconvene […]

The House has voted 216-210 to vacate the Chair and Rep. Kevin McCarthy has been removed from the office of Speaker of the House. Pursuant to emergency designation, Rep. Patrick McHenry has been appointed to the position of Speaker Pro Tempore and will preside over the House as it seeks to elect the next Speaker.   […]

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 […]