During the first two years of the Biden Administration, U.S. Congress appropriated significant amounts of funding outside the regular annual process for several major multiyear initiatives. Major examples include the...more
With a dwindling number of in-session legislative days before the end of the current 116th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are working to conclude their work before adjourning at the end of the year....more
Trump v. Sierra Club, No. 20-138: This case concerns the Acting Secretary of Defense’s transfer of funds pursuant to Section 8005 of the Defense Appropriations Act to make funds available to construct border fences along the...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are not in session this week, though the House Oversight and Reform Committee is scheduled to question Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Thursday the Senate is now in recess and will not hold votes until Sept. 8, though Senators will be called back on...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. While neither the Senate or the House has formally adjourned for their respective August recesses due to the coronavirus relief package negotiations, there are...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - The House. This week, House lawmakers have planned action on H.R. 7617, a seven-bill FY 2021 appropriations package which includes Defense, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - The House. The House will start work on the $750.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6395) today and likely finish the measure setting Pentagon policy by...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate is in recess this week, and will return Monday, July 20. House appropriators plan to approve all twelve of their FY 2021 spending bills in full committee by...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - The House. The House will vote this Friday on a bill to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state, marking the first time Congress has voted on the issue since 1993. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - The House. Though no votes are currently scheduled for this week, the House will begin marking up two sweeping bills on Wednesday....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - The House. The House will meet in a pro forma session at 9 a.m. today, but no votes are scheduled this week....more
The post-Memorial Day summer session has begun in Washington with the House and Senate facing a similar to-do list but with different approaches and philosophies. The main items on the summer agenda include the Phase 4...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - The House. House Democratic leaders have released an updated calendar and letter detailing their legislative priorities for the remainder of the year and how the lower chamber...more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session. HEADLINES - • Returning from a one-week recess, the House plans to take up legislation to address vaping, and the Senate will focus...more
Congressional appropriations serve as a potent tool to guide administrative actions in commerce and trade Before departing in the final days of 2019, Congress passed a bipartisan spending package amounting to US$1.4...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Thank you to all who have served. Happy Veterans Day from Clark Hill....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress Returns. Both the House and Senate return this week from the August recess period....more
Below is the Federal Policy team’s weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session. HEADLINES - • Congress returns this week from its six-week summer recess, with 40 legislative days remaining in 2019....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress: The Congress will be on recess this week, before returning the following week to resume work on a number of matters....more
Like his FY 2018 and FY 2019 budgets, President Trump’s FY 2020 budget would make the CFPB subject to the regular Congressional appropriations process....more
Happy Thanksgiving to all from the Brownstein Tax Team! While Congress has been out and T&R on hiatus, the Brownstein Tax Team has been out hunting and foraging for Thanksgiving news. We present to you a truncated “first...more
• Although energy and environmental issues are not expected to be among the top priorities for either party in the 116th Congress, this Holland & Knight client alert addresses several opportunities for limited bipartisan...more
On September 28, 2018, the House voted 361-61 to send President Trump a Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) spending bill including $674.4 billion for Defense and $178.1 billion for Labor-HHS-Education. The Senate voted 93-7 to adopt the...more
President Trump came to an agreement with congressional Democrats to extend FY17 federal appropriations and suspend the debt limit until December 8. The deal, which took congressional Republicans by surprise, was paired with...more