Earlier this evening, House Republican Leadership posted the text of the final negotiated continuing resolution (CR), as well as a bill authored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) to offset the emergency disaster relief money included in the CR. The latter is a “messaging bill” that is unlikely to pass under suspension and possibly not under a rule (nor will […]

The House Republican Steering Committee reconvened today to make recommendations for the remaining contested chairmanships for the 119th Congress. And much like Monday’s session, it was another day of surprises, with presumed favorites once again falling short in marquee matchups. First, Representative French Hill (AR) emerged in the four-way race to succeed Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC) atop the […]

The House and Senate will be busy this week as they begin to finish out end-of-year legislative items, most notably passage of the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is slated for consideration in the House on Wednesday. After passage of the NDAA, the biggest remaining legislative item to be finalized is a short-term […]

The membership of the House Republican Steering Committee for the 119th Congress is finalized now that the leadership elections have concluded and regional representatives have been selected. The Speaker announced that the reconstituted Steering Committee will meet on December 9 and 12 to interview and elect committee chairs for the 119th Congress. In addition to […]

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 […]