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Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....more
Both the Senate and House are in session this week. The House returns from recess beginning with a focus on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on April 19. Its...more
On Monday, March 11, the Biden administration released its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request (“Budget”) and several accompanying documents, listed at the end of this alert....more
Both the House and Senate are in this week. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will meet with top congressional leaders, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate...more
On Thursday, March 9, President Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget (“Budget”) request to Congress. The release of the president’s Budget request kicks off the congressional budget process and the proposal will...more
On Thursday, March 9, President Joe Biden released his $6.9 trillion Budget and various accompanying documents. Separately, the Treasury Department released its Green Book, which provides more detailed descriptions of the tax...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
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Government funding expires at midnight Friday, making passage of a short-term extension of the current Continuing...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Congress is in recess this week. Both the House and Senate will return to Washington next Monday, November 14th....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both out of session for the last week before the election. Debt Limit. According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, the U.S. won’t reach its...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. After a busy weekend voting on the reconciliation bill, the Senate is now in recess through Labor Day. The House, in recess since late July, returns this week on...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in recess this week, though the Senate is in session with an expected busy agenda this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is currently leading a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week, and they are gearing up for a busy calendar crunch ahead of their August recess, which begins on July 29 and August...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in session this week. The House plans to take up an FY23 appropriations minibus this week in addition to a handful of natural resources,...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Both the House and Senate will be in session this week, after two weeks of recess. The Senate schedule for this week, however, is up in the air given that Senate...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in recess this week. Once Congress returns after the July 4th recess, leaders aim to reach an agreement on the USICA/COMPETES bill and...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in a committee work period this week, and the Senate is in recess....more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in session this week. The House will vote on numerous Homeland Security, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Education and Labor bills....more
Today, Monday, March 28, President Joe Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request, the second of his presidency. The $5.7 trillion proposal calls for $1.7 trillion in discretionary spending and $3.7 trillion in...more
The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House will vote on bills and resolutions related to homeland security, condemning the threats of violence against HBCUs, and condemning the attack on Congregation Beth...more
The Senate is in session this week, and the House has a committee work period. The Senate plans to vote on nominee confirmations, on U.S. Postal Service reform legislation, and on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR)...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to vote on bills related to the postal service, foreign affairs, and sexual assault and...more
Tax Tidbit - Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget reconciliation...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Their to-do list includes continuing their work on FY22 appropriations, the reconciliation bill, election reform,...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both back in session this week, where they will largely focus on the path forward for voting rights and FY22 appropriations. The House also...more