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. […]

The House and Senate both return next week for a short two-week session, followed by a one-week recess, and then a four-week session running to the Memorial Day holiday and recess. While the upcoming two-week work period will be brief, it has the potential to be packed with significant legislation, including FISA/702 reauthorization and potentially […]

Last Friday proved to be a momentous day of news for House Republicans-the completion of the FY24 appropriations cycle, a major piece of legislation passing the House floor without a “majority of the majority,” a motion to vacate introduced, and the announced early resignation of another House Republican (and sitting chairman, no less). The day’s […]

Good evening, Following last week’s successful passage of another continuing resolution (CR)-the fourth short-term funding patch this fiscal year-House and Senate appropriators today released text of a six-bill minibus that covers half of the twelve total appropriation accounts and comprises roughly 30% of total annual discretionary spending. The six accounts included in this first minibus are Agriculture […]

The House and Senate return to session next week just days before the first of two government spending deadlines (March 1 and 8). Appropriators and the four corners of congressional Leadership have spent the last week prepping spending measures with an eye towards passing two major appropriations minibuses so as to avert partial (or full) […]

Earlier today, Speaker Mike Johnson issued a Dear Colleague stating his intention to bring a standalone $17.6 billion Israel aid bill without offsets to the floor next week. Below is an overview of where Congress stands vis-à-vis foreign aid. Should the House proceed as Johnson has indicated, we would expect the Israel aid package to […]

Last evening, House Republican Leadership posted bill text of H.R. 7024, the bipartisan and bicameral tax package, on the list of possible items for consideration on the House floor next week. Marked up last Friday on a bipartisan 40-3 vote in the House Ways and Means (W&M) Committee, the “Tax Relief for American Families and […]

With the first four of twelve appropriations bills expiring this coming Friday, January 19, Congress will rush this week to send to President Biden’s desk an extension of the “laddered” CR to extend funding to March 1 and March 8. This additional CR-the third of FY 2024-would give Congressional appropriators additional time to draft and […]