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Look Ahead to the Week of January 23: Getting Things in Order for the 118th Congress

Both the House and Senate will return this week. Senate Democrats will continue to prioritize confirming judicial and administration nominees, and President Biden is expected to submit more nominees on Monday that could be...more

Look Ahead to the Week of January 9: The House Tries to Move Forward

The House is in session. The Senate is in recess until January 23. After a week of disarray and contentious negotiations, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) finally secured enough votes to become Speaker of the House late Friday night,...more

Look Ahead to the Week of January 3: The 118th Congress Begins

Both the House and Senate are in session this week to kick off the 118th Congress. The Senate will meet on Monday to swear in the members who won their elections in the fall. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) also plans to give his...more

Look Ahead to the Week of December 19: Crunch Time to Pass a Full-Year Spending Bill

Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Last week, Congress passed a one-week stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. Negotiators have reached a deal with respect to the topline numbers and must...more

Look Ahead to the Week of December 12: The Deadline for a Government Shutdown Quickly Approaches

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

Look Ahead to the Week of December 5: Congress Looking to Pass Defense Authorization This Week

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

Look Ahead to the Week of November 28: Congress’s Final Lame Duck Push

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

Look Ahead to the Week of November 14: Congress Returns for a Packed Lame Duck Schedule

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

Look Ahead to the Week of September 26: Congress Racing to Fund Government Before Friday Shutdown

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

Look Ahead to the Week of September 19: Time Is Running Out to Fund the Government

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

Look Ahead to the Week of September 12: Negotiations on a Stopgap Funding Bill Continue

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

Look Ahead to the Week of September 6: Efforts to Fund the Government Begin

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

Look Ahead to the Week of August 8: Special Edition: Reconciliation

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

Look Ahead to the Week of August 1: The Senate’s Schedule Stays Busy

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

Look Ahead to the Week of July 25: Congress Takes On Busy Schedule Before August Recess

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

Look Ahead to the Week of July 18: House Turns to Spending Minibus, Senate Pares Down China Competition Bill

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

Look Ahead to the Week of July 11: Congress to Take Up Defense Spending, Abortion, and Key Nominees

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

Look Ahead to the Week of May 23: Democrats Still Looking for a Win, Senate Turns to Address Infant Formula Shortage

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

Look Ahead to the Week of May 16: Infant Formula Shortages, Rising Gas Prices, and Aid to Ukraine

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

Look Ahead to the Week of May 9: Abortion, Union Efforts, Ukraine Aid, and China Competition

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

Look Ahead to the Week of May 2: Senate Activity on the China Competition Bill

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

Look Ahead to the Week of March 7: A Funding Package Is Coming Together

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

Look Ahead to the Week of January 31: The House’s China Competition Package

Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. The Senate will begin processing more than 20 of President Biden’s nominees while the House turns to its long-awaited consideration of the America Creating...more

Look Ahead to the Week of January 18: The Senate Takes Up Voting Rights

Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. The Senate had planned to be in recess, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) changed the schedule, bringing the Senators back to D.C. for session this week...more

Look Ahead to the Week of December 13: Waiting on the Senate

Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Last week, the House and Senate passed legislation to facilitate an increase in the debt ceiling, which has teed up a vote for final passage this week. Senate Majority...more

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