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With the midterm elections now behind us, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate return to Washington this week to kick off the lame duck session, entering the twilight of the legislative year with a...more
The U.S. federal government once again confronts twin fiscal crises. Absent intervening legislation, the government’s appropriations will largely lapse on October 1, 2021, prompting a shutdown. Separately, the secretary of...more
With the August work period coming to an end for Congress, there are the looming questions of the federal budget, and the debt ceiling hanging over the halls of the Capitol....more
Funding Crisis Averted & New Leadership in the House: A week ago no one could have predicted that the biggest story in Washington this week would not be the last minute avoidance of a government shutdown by passage of a...more
Even before Congress returned to work this week, House and Senate Republican leadership warned their caucuses about the political consequences of shutting the government down when this fiscal year ends on September 30. In...more
While summer isn’t officially over until September 22, for most here in the nation’s capital the vacations are nearly completed and it is back to work as Congress returns from the long August recess and Labor Day holiday. ...more