Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital- Biden Inauguration. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration as the United States’ 46th president is tomorrow. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is expected to be sworn in by...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate is in session this week, but the House is adjourned until at least tomorrow pending negotiations on the FY21 bills and the next coronavirus relief package. ...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Congress faces a Dec. 11 deadline to avoid a government shutdown, and while there is potential to reach a deal on a...more
As lawmakers debate whether to extend the Federal Reserve’s emergency loan programs, Congressional Oversight Commissioners are divided on the issue. The New York Times reported that Commissioner Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) is...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 - Congress. After passing a massive spending package that included six annual appropriations bills, the House departed for a tentative five-week recess subject to return as...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. Though the House has no floor action scheduled this week, House appropriators aim to hold all...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
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
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Appropriations Update. The House has no plans to mark up the FY 21 spending bills until Congress passes its next COVID-19 relief bill, which will be challenging, as Republicans...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - House Goes Virtual. After voting on Friday to allow remote voting and virtual hearings, there are no votes expected in the chamber this week as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate is in D.C. this week and could consider the expired surveillance provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as well as a measure targeting...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Senate Returns. Though the Senate returns to D.C. this week, there is no coronavirus response legislation on the floor schedule, and discussions on future packages will continue...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congressional Schedule. While Congress currently plans to return on May 4, it is possible that this will be postponed once again, as many states (as well as D.C.) have...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Stimulus Negotiations. Congress continued its work through the weekend on the next stimulus package and is reportedly close to a deal....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Upcoming Stimulus Packages. Early last week, it became clear that the SBA’s new Payroll Protection Program (PPP) will soon expend almost all of the nearly $350 billion for loans...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Next Response Package. After spending much of the past week discussing possibilities like infrastructure, tax changes, and expanded benefits for a fourth coronavirus response...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - What’s Next? With last week’s passage of the CARES Act, the third COVID-19 response bill, the focus is shifting to how the legislation will be implemented, and how soon the...more