Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Senate appropriators plan to bring to the floor a three-bill package funding Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD for fiscal year 2024. The...more
The Senate has returned from its August recess, but the House will not be back in session until next week. Late last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) distributed a letter to his conference indicating that...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week before leaving for their August recess. The Senate will continue working through its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which will differ starkly from the...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
Both the House and Senate are back in session this week for a three-week scramble before the August recess. The House will focus on the annual defense spending bill, which would authorize $886.3 million for national...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week before they leave for a two-week recess that coincides with the July Fourth holiday. The Senate will continue to focus on the confirmations of President Joe Biden’s...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Last week, the House ground to a halt after a group of 11 hardline conservatives derailed floor consideration of various Republican-led bills in a display of their deep...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week after intense negotiations to raise the debt limit. President Joe Biden signed into law the Fiscal Responsibility Act on Saturday. The deal suspends the debt ceiling until...more
After weeks of wrangling and negotiating, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) were finally able to reach a debt limit deal. House and Senate leaders have called both bodies back in session following...more
The House is in session, and the Senate is out. Senators have been told to remain on standby and be prepared to return to Washington quickly in case a deal is reached on raising the debt limit. In the past week, it was...more
Both the House and Senate are in this week. On Tuesday, President Biden will meet again with top congressional leaders, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate...more
Both the House and Senate are in this week. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will meet with top congressional leaders, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate...more
The Senate is in, but the House will be gone for a one-week recess. During the break, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will lead a 20-member bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel. Last week, McCarthy was able to...more
Both the House and Senate are in this week. The House plans to vote on Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) proposal for raising the debt limit, which was published last week. The plan would increase the debt ceiling by $1.5...more
The Senate and House have returned from a two-week recess with a laundry list of legislative goals over the next few months, including addressing freight rail accidents, transgender athletes, firefighter assistance programs,...more
Both the Senate and House will be in session this week before leaving for a two-week recess. House Republicans are taking steps this week to move the GOP’s signature energy overhaul package, which is their attempt to cut red...more
Both the Senate and House will be in session this week, although votes in the House are delayed until Wednesday while Republicans are in Florida through Tuesday for their annual policy retreat. The upper chamber will vote on...more
The Senate is in session, but the House will be gone for a one-week recess as Republicans head to Florida for their annual policy retreat. The upper chamber will focus on nominations that have garnered bipartisan support due...more
The Senate is planning to vote Wednesday on a measure to block a local law revising Washington, D.C.’s criminal code. The D.C. law would update the definitions of criminal offenses, create new grades of sentences based on the...more
The House and Senate both return this week with a busy schedule. The House will wrap up votes by Wednesday so the Democratic Caucus can head to Baltimore for their planning retreat, which President Joe Biden is expected to...more
The House is gone for a two-week district work period, although they still have planned field hearings across the country, including on federal energy production in Midland, Texas, and border policies related to rising...more
The House and Senate are in session this week. On Tuesday, President Biden will give his State of the Union address to Congress. He is expected discuss a range of issues, including the war in Ukraine and the looming...more
The House and Senate are in session this week. Both chambers are still working to finalize the rosters for their committees, although some panels have begun scheduling organizing meetings and initial hearings....more
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
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