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
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are not in session this week. FY21 Appropriations. Appropriators missed an unofficial deadline to come to an agreement by last Friday on the...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
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided $150 billion to the Department of Treasury to be issued to states and local governments through the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), also referred to as...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. 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. 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 - 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