The House and Senate return this week for a three-week sprint before breaking in advance of the November elections. The major business of September will be passing a continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding-the final form of which remains in flux-as well as ticking through a range of nominations in the Senate and messaging […]

Earlier this week, Speaker Mike Johnson outlined his foreign policy approach in a speech at the Hudson Institute that was dubbed by the WSJ editorial board as “the most important speech of the week.”  On the same day, the RNC Platform Committee approved the 2024 GOP Platform, a document personally edited by former president Donald […]

After the Independence Day holiday, the House and Senate return for a short one-week session prior to breaking ahead of the Republican National Convention which takes place this year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the week of July 15. Following that, the House and Senate are both scheduled to be in session the weeks of July […]

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 […]