Situational Awareness The Senate is in session this week. After making the decision to pull votes on three FY 2025 appropriations amid intraparty GOP disagreements, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent House lawmakers back to their districts to start the August recess a
Situational Awareness Both the House of Representatives and Senate are in session this week. The House is slated to consider several President Joe Biden announced yesterday that he will no longer seek the Democratic nomination for president. The decision, made after a faltering few weeks
Situational Awareness Both the House of Representatives and Senate are in session this week. The House is slated to consider several environmental and federal land management bills, as well as their version of the FY25 legislative branch spending package and two bills related to home
Situational Awareness The House of Representatives is in session this week while the Senate is gone for a two-week recess. Lawmakers are scheduled to consider three FY 2025 spending measures, including the House Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which includes language that would require the Department
Situational Awareness The Senate is in session this week while the House is away for a weeklong recess. The Senate will consider several federal judicial nominations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has made confirming as many of President Biden’s judicial nominees as possible a
Situational Awareness Both the House and Senate are in session this week. Before the House votes on the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which has been placed on the lower chamber’s schedule for votes this week, the Rules Committee will debate nearly 1,000 amendments
Situational Awareness Both the Senate and House return to Washington, D.C., this week after a week-long recess. The House is slated to consider post office naming bills and the FY2025 Military Construction-VA spending bill. Across Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is planning
Situational Awareness After four straight weeks in session, lawmakers in the House and Senate have returned to their congressional districts for a week-long recess. The time away from Capitol Hill will provide congressional staff with an opportunity to work without interruption on remaining to-do items,
Situational Awareness Both the Senate and House of Representatives are in session this week. Sunday night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released a “Dear Colleague” letter outlining his plan to put forward a bipartisan immigration reform and border security package on the Senate floor
Situational Awareness After departing Capitol Hill early last week after passing a short-term FAA reauthorization extension and blocking a motion to vacate Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), the House returns to vote this week on several bills dealing with consumer safety and border