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
Situational Awareness Both the Senate and House of Representatives are in this week. The Senate will continue to debate a five-year reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration. In the House, lawmakers are scheduled to vote on several pieces of legislation, including a bill that would
Today, the Department of Labor finalized its regulation entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees covering exemptions from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) minimum wage and overtime regulations. The final rule increases the standard salary level as well as the
Overtime Rule Clears White House Review The White House Office of Management and Budget completed its review of the Department of Labor’s overtime rule. This is the final step in the rulemaking process before a final rule is released. The proposed rule would update exemption thresholds for overtime
Situation Awareness The House and Senate return to Washington, D.C., this week just in time for the beginning of the 2024 Masters Tournament. While Capitol Hill is a far cry from Augusta National, there is a familiar sense of growing anticipation in the air throughout
The Department of Labor (DOL) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a final rule amending its “Representatives of Employers and Employees” regulation to clarify that employees can authorize a third-party employee representative to accompany an OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) during
Situation Awareness Both the House and Senate are in Washington, D.C. this week to complete work on the second set of fiscal year 2024 spending bills. Lawmakers have until Friday evening to pass a broad package that incorporates six separate measures. Currently, disagreements on immigration