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The Weekly Legislative Update will take a one-week break, returning on Monday, July 10.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) hopes to move the lower chamber past a stalemate after conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus blocked a rule last week halting floor action. The group of eleven lawmakers broke with fellow Republicans to stop a routine procedural vote that has not failed in nearly two decades. The reason for the challenge comes as many Republicans were opposed to the debt…

The House and Senate are in session this week. The House will consider seven bills under suspension of the rules, including the Senior Security Act of 2023 (H.R. 2593), which establishes a Senior Investor Taskforce within the Securities and Exchange Commission to examine challenges encountered by investors older than 65. The House will vote on four additional bills: the Gas Stove Protection and…

The House is in session this week, while the Senate is out until May 30th. The full House Appropriations Committee will hold several markups for Fiscal Year 2024 spending bills. Congressional negotiators hope to strike a deal with President Joe Biden before June 1, which, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, is still the earliest date that the U.S. could potentially default. One or both…

This week, both chambers return to session. Lawmakers will focus on addressing the $31.4 trillion debt limit as time is quickly running out for Congress to take action prior to a default from occurring.

The Senate is in session this week, with the House returning next week. Today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced the U.S. must raise the debt limit by June 1 to avoid a default.

Congress is in session this week, featuring a busy week in the House as Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hopes to garner enough support to pass his party’s proposal to prevent a federal default.

After a two-week recess, both chambers have returned to the Hill with the hopes of making critical progress on various legislative items, especially the issue of raising the federal debt limit. The House will vote on overriding President Joe Biden’s veto of a disapproval resolution (H.J. Res. 27) to nullify the Biden Administration’s revised “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule—a successful…

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The Senate is in session starting Tuesday. The House is in recess until Wednesday, March 22.

Both chambers are in session this week. Many expect this to be the busiest week of the 118th Congress.

Both chambers are in session this week. The House will have a short week of session, with House Democrats beginning their legislative retreat in Baltimore on Wednesday. The Biden Administration is still scheduled to release its proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget on Thursday, March 9, officially kickstarting the annual budget and appropriations process on Capitol Hill. 

Both chambers are in recess until Monday, February 27.

The Senate is in session this week, while the House will be on recess for the next two weeks returning on February 27.

Both chambers are back in Washington, D.C., this week. President Biden will address the nation and Congress will continue conversations around raising the federal debt limit.

Both chambers are back in Washington, D.C., this week. Each chamber will hold its first formal hearings, with the House focusing on several oversight issues, while the Senate will discuss the 2023 Farm Bill and implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Debt limit negotiations and outstanding committee assignments also remain points of contention.

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Happy New Year! Lawmakers returned today to Washington to begin the 118th Congress. Uncertainty swells around Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid to become Speaker.

After finalizing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress will pivot fully to the last legislative item of the 117th Congress, an omnibus funding package. 

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We hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday. The Senate is back to work today, and the House is returning tomorrow. At the top of lawmakers' to-do list is passing a bill to fund the federal government, which expires in 18 days (or December 16).

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