Both chambers will be in session and have less than a week to fund the government before a potential shutdown. After hitting an impasse in negotiations last week, Democrats had planned to introduce their own funding package...more
Both chambers will be in session this week and plan to authorize defense spending for the rest of the fiscal year. In previous weeks, it appeared as though negotiators were trying to include a must-pass National Defense...more
Both the House and Senate will return this week after taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Congress will begin a final push in the lame duck session with a packed schedule to complete before the new year. House...more
Welcome back! Both the House and Senate will return this week after a month-long break to campaign ahead of the midterms, which occurred last week. Republicans appear set to take control of the House with a narrow majority,...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week, but votes will not take place until late Tuesday in observation of Rosh Hashanah. They are entering the final week to pass a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue their efforts to enact a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal 2022 funds expire in 11 days. ...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue their push to enact a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal 2022 funds expire on September 30. Congressional activity will slow greatly in...more
The Senate returns this week. The House has no floor action planned, but committees will host hearings throughout the week. This week will begin a month-long push to enact a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal...more
On Sunday afternoon – after an all-night vote-a-rama on Republican amendments – Senate Democrats finally succeeded in passing their budget reconciliation package. Its scope and price tag are significantly reduced from when it...more
The House has left for August recess, but the Senate remains in session. Senate Democrats will attempt to pass their budget reconciliation package after a massive breakthrough last week, when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue efforts this week to pass a scaled-back version of the China competition legislation, which includes $52 billion in incentives for semiconductors, an...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will meet this week to consider a minibus package of six of the 12 fiscal 2023 spending bills, which incorporates large increases sought by President Joe Biden...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will meet this week to consider the $839.3 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which has garnered over 1,000 amendments and will likely take multiple...more
The Senate will be in session this week, while the House will have committee work with no votes scheduled. Democrats are facing increasing pressure ahead of the midterms to score legislative wins – particularly key...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will meet this week to consider infant formula shortages and rising gas prices. Democratic leadership is planning to hold a vote on legislation that would...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The Senate will focus on legislation that would codify the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide after a leaked draft was published last week of a...more
The Senate is back in session, while the House is out for a one-week district work period. The upper chamber will spend a sizable portion of the week debating 28 motions to instruct conferees on the legislation (H.R. 4521)...more
Both the House and Senate are back in session after a two-week recess. The House plans to vote on legislation that would accelerate the delivery of military equipment to Ukraine and authorize domestic terrorism offices...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. The Senate will be voting this week on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee will vote on Monday, with a full floor vote...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. President Biden will send his fiscal year 2023 budget proposal to Congress on Monday, which will showcase a $1 trillion reduction in deficit spending over the coming...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Last week, Congress passed the $1.5 trillion FY2022 government funding package, nearly six months into the fiscal year. However, a $15.6 billion supplemental for COVID...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Lawmakers are still working on finalizing a $1.5 trillion government funding package before the latest iteration of the Continuing Resolution expires on Friday....more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. The Senate will take up legislation that would implement changes at the U.S. Postal Service, as well as consideration of H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act of...more
The Senate is in session this week. The House has no votes scheduled but will be holding a committee work week. The upper chamber has until Friday to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government or face a federal...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. The Senate will continue processing President Biden’s nominees and working to finalize an agreement on bipartisan legislation offering a menu of potential sanctions on...more