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 […]
Today, following a contentious House Republican Conference meeting to discuss the topline spending agreement Speaker Mike Johnson reached over the weekend with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a group of 12* hardline House Republican conservatives voted with Democrats against a procedural rule on the floor, forcing House Leadership to cancel votes for the day and halting […]
Welcome back. Below is an outline of what to expect in the upcoming congressional work period and the major legislative priorities that await the start of the Second Session of the 118th Congress. Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Mike Johnson announced a topline spending agreement today ahead of the looming […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Harbinger Strategies is proud to announce the addition of its newest Partner, John Leganski. John joins the firm after more than a decade on Capitol Hill, where he most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). John’s staffing career spanned nearly every congressional […]
Though House Republican Leadership has been internally debating the best path forward on Defense and foreign intelligence policy, the House is still planning to consider the NDAA Conference Report under suspension before the end of the week. The Senate will likely pass the Conference Report by a wide bipartisan vote on Tuesday, setting up a […]
Continuing Resolution. The current “clean” continuing resolution (CR) expires on Friday, November 17. This is the same funding mechanism that led to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) successfully offering a motion to vacate the Chair and the subsequent three-week search for a new Speaker of the House-an important backdrop and context for the current debate. Left […]
With the election of Mike Johnson (LA-04) as the 56th Speaker of the House, House Republicans have quickly resumed legislative activity, picking up where they last left off—individual FY24 appropriations bills. Just prior to bringing up the Energy and Water Appropriations Act late this afternoon, the House considered a resolution expressing support for Israel and […]
After 21 days and multiple votes on the Floor, the House of Representatives has elected Rep. Mike Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the House. Rep. Johnson received 220 votes while Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries received 209. Speaker Johnson has indicated his intent to get the House back to work expeditiously with an immediate focus […]
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