Both the House and Senate are back for two weeks before departing for August recess. Last week, Republicans rallied support for the nomination of former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Meanwhile, President Biden announced on Sunday that he will not seek reelection and conveyed his support for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee.
This week, the House will continue working to advance fiscal year 2025 spending bills, with votes planned on four bills: Agriculture-FDA, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, and Interior-Environment. The House will also honor Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), who died last week after being diagnosed earlier this year with pancreatic cancer.
Additionally, the House leadership plans a vote this week to create a bipartisan task force to investigate the July 13 assassination attempt of former President Trump in Butler, PA. The resolution posted yesterday would establish an 11-member body—six Republicans and five Democrats—who will be empowered with subpoena authority to “investigate and fully examine all actions by any agency, Department, officer, or employee of the federal government, as well as State and local law enforcement or any other State or local government or private entities or individuals,” before delivering a final report and legislative recommendations by December 13.
In the upper chamber, Senate appropriators will mark up their versions of the Commerce-Justice-Science, Interior-Environment, State-Foreign Operations, and Transportation-HUD fiscal year 2025 spending bills.
Administration
On Tuesday, President Biden will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.
House Votes
On Monday, the House will meet to consider multiple bills under suspension.
Senate Votes
On Tuesday, the Senate will begin consideration of the nominations of Colleen Duffy Kiko to remain as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Kashi Way and Adam Landy to sit on the U.S. Tax Court, and Margaret Taylor to be the State Department’s legal adviser.
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