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Washington Weekly Update 10-23-23

Situational Awareness The House and Senate are in session this week. House Republicans continue their internecine battle to elect a Speaker of the House and will conduct a “candidate forum” at 6:30 this evening. The process to elect a Speaker Designate will begin in earnest

Washington Weekly Update 10-16-23

Situational Awareness Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are in session this week. The Senate is scheduled to consider a handful of judicial nominations and the nominee for General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The House is poised to hold

Washington Weekly Update 10-10-23

Situational Awareness Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) ouster as Speaker of the House last week has effectively left the House of Representative paralyzed in making progress on its legislative agenda. Instead of voting to advance several appropriations bills ahead of a mid-November deadline, lawmakers will be focused on

Washington Weekly Update 10-2-23

Situational Awareness On Saturday, Congress averted a government shutdown after Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a successful last-minute effort to pass a short-term spending bill with a significant bipartisan majority. After brief theatrics in both chambers, including the pulling of a House Office fire alarm by

Washington Weekly Update 9-25-23

Situational Awareness Both the House and Senate are in session this week. With only five work days left until government funding expires, leadership in both chambers will focus their efforts on drafting and passing a short-term spending measure to fund the government past September 30.

NCA’s Washington Weekly Update 9-18-23

Situational Awareness After cancelling a vote on a defense spending bill last week amidst opposition from conservative Republicans, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will use this week to rally his Conference behind passing a short-term funding measure that would fund the government past

NCA’s Washington Weekly Update 9-11-23

Situational Awareness The House and Senate are back in session this week. The House will consider its Defense and Homeland Security appropriations bills. The Senate will begin floor debate on its first package of bipartisan appropriations legislation, which includes the Senate’s Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-VA and

NCA’s Washington Weekly Update 9-5-23

Situational Awareness The Senate returns to Capitol Hill this week following its six-week August recess. While Congress was away, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) began negotiations on a short-term spending measure to prevent a government shutdown.

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