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
Both the House and Senate are in session this week to kick off the 118th Congress. The Senate will meet on Monday to swear in the members who won their elections in the fall. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) also plans to give his...more
Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. Last week, Congress passed a one-week stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. Negotiators have reached a deal with respect to the topline numbers and must...more
Both chambers will be in session and have less than a week to fund the government before a potential shutdown. After hitting an impasse in negotiations last week, Democrats had planned to introduce their own funding package...more
Both chambers will be in session this week and plan to authorize defense spending for the rest of the fiscal year. In previous weeks, it appeared as though negotiators were trying to include a must-pass National Defense...more
Both the House and Senate will return this week after taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Congress will begin a final push in the lame duck session with a packed schedule to complete before the new year. House...more
Welcome back! Both the House and Senate will return this week after a month-long break to campaign ahead of the midterms, which occurred last week. Republicans appear set to take control of the House with a narrow majority,...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week, but votes will not take place until late Tuesday in observation of Rosh Hashanah. They are entering the final week to pass a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue their efforts to enact a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal 2022 funds expire in 11 days. ...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue their push to enact a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal 2022 funds expire on September 30. Congressional activity will slow greatly in...more
The Senate returns this week. The House has no floor action planned, but committees will host hearings throughout the week. This week will begin a month-long push to enact a stopgap government funding bill before fiscal...more
On Sunday afternoon – after an all-night vote-a-rama on Republican amendments – Senate Democrats finally succeeded in passing their budget reconciliation package. Its scope and price tag are significantly reduced from when it...more
The House has left for August recess, but the Senate remains in session. Senate Democrats will attempt to pass their budget reconciliation package after a massive breakthrough last week, when Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. They will continue efforts this week to pass a scaled-back version of the China competition legislation, which includes $52 billion in incentives for semiconductors, an...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will meet this week to consider a minibus package of six of the 12 fiscal 2023 spending bills, which incorporates large increases sought by President Joe Biden...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will meet this week to consider the $839.3 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which has garnered over 1,000 amendments and will likely take multiple...more
The Senate will be in session this week, while the House will have committee work with no votes scheduled. Democrats are facing increasing pressure ahead of the midterms to score legislative wins – particularly key...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will meet this week to consider infant formula shortages and rising gas prices. Democratic leadership is planning to hold a vote on legislation that would...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The Senate will focus on legislation that would codify the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide after a leaked draft was published last week of a...more