Look Ahead to the Week of May 20: Farm Bill and Fiscal Year 2025 Spending Take Center Stage - Both the House and Senate are in session this week before leaving early to begin the Memorial Day recess....more
Look Ahead to the Week of February 5: Moment of Truth for Border Deal - Both the Senate and House are in session this week, although the lower chamber will wrap up votes early as House Democrats depart Wednesday for their...more
Look Ahead to the Week of January 29: Can a Deal Be Reached on the Border? Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Key Senate negotiators are still working to reach an agreement on a national security package...more
Look Ahead to the Week of January 22: Senate Focuses on National Security Supplemental The Senate is in session this week, but the House is out. Last week, President Biden signed an additional temporary spending bill to...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. On Sunday, congressional leaders–including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)–announced that a topline spending deal has been...more
On March 17, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the first installment of the Trump Administration’s FY 2018 Budget plan: “America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again.” The Budget...more
At a Racine, WI town hall meeting, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) announced the House’s pending plan to vote on important immigration legislation in the fall. Since the June passing of the Senate...more
On June 24, 2013, the Senate passed by a vote of 67-27 a motion to invoke cloture on the border security amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform package. ...more
The first major immigration proposal in several years contains sweeping changes, with the president potentially signing a version by mid-June....more
The prospect of comprehensive immigration reform appears to be gaining momentum. In January, a bipartisan group of eight senators announced a broad proposal for immigration reform (“Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive...more