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Look Ahead to the Week of May 13: House Takes on FAA Reauthorization -Both the House and Senate are in session this week. At the end of last week, after much consternation, the Senate passed with widespread bipartisan...more
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....more
Look Ahead to the Week of May 6: FAA Deadline Nears Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Congress has less than a week to consider and vote on the bipartisan, bicameral agreement extending the authorization...more
Look Ahead to the Week of April 29: Negotiators Reach Compromise on FAA Reauthorization - Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Early Monday morning, congressional negotiators announced they reached a...more
On March 11, 2024, President Biden unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request, which includes funding to implement key directives outlined in his extensive executive order regulating artificial intelligence (AI EO)...more
Look Ahead to the Week of March 4: The State of the Union and Government Spending - Both the Senate and House are in session. This week, Congress will attempt to pass the first tranche of government spending bills after...more
Look Ahead to the Week of February 26: A Partial Government Shutdown Looms on Friday - Both the Senate and House return this week, and once again Congress finds itself on the cusp of a partial government shutdown....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
Shutdown Fallout: McCarthy Out. On September 30, 2023, the U.S. Congress acted quickly—and surprisingly—to pass stopgap funding legislation to avoid what looked to be an inevitable shutdown of the federal government. With a...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Last week, the House narrowly passed its version of the annual defense spending bill, which would authorize $886.3 million for national security, in line with the debt...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both back in session this week, where they will largely focus on the path forward for voting rights and FY22 appropriations. The House also...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both the House and Senate are in this week. The House is scheduled to vote on a bill that would enhance the benefits and workplace protections for Transportation...more
President Trump recently released his federal budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The President’s budget is always a helpful tool to identify what the administration’s policy priorities are and what we might expect to...more
Week in Review - On Monday evening, congressional negotiators announced a deal in principle on border security to avert a government shutdown at midnight tomorrow, provided it passes both chambers and the President agrees...more
Week in Review - Both the House and Senate were in session this week as the partial government shutdown remains in effect. Senate Democrats continued to block action on a Middle East policy bill, but a privileged motion...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Shutdown Delay. President Trump is open to pushing back a potential shutdown after the death of former President George H.W. Bush. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess. The House and Senate, along with new member orientation, recess this week for the Thanksgiving holiday and will start up sessions again the week of Nov. 26....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Fall Agenda. With the Kavanaugh confirmation completed, Senate Republicans want to quickly begin confirming additional circuit court nominees....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Kavanaugh Vote. The Senate was previously planning to tee up the final vote on Kavanaugh over the weekend, but the vote on the floor has been delayed a week to accommodate a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - House and Senate Return. Both the House and Senate are back in session this week. The Senate is planning to take a series of judicial nominations as well as a few other...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - August Recess. Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced last week that the Senate would be cancelling all but the first week of August recess. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess Week. The House and Senate are in recess this week and will be back on May 7....more
On March 23, 2018, the last day before a potential government shutdown, Congress passed and the president is expected to sign a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through fiscal year...more