Situational AwarenessThe Senate and House return to Washington, D.C., this week for the remaining four legislative days in the calendar year. The House will consider H.R.357, the Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act, which would require that any agency rule promulgated under notice and comment procedures
Situational AwarenessThe House and Senate are in session this week. The House will consider legislation affecting university investments and endowments, prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing a proposed rule on light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emissions, and block a Department of Education rule on student
Situational AwarenessThe House and Senate are in session this week. The House will consider legislation that would block the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets that were part of a U.S.-facilitated prisoner exchange and prohibit the use of federal funds to provide housing
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), has released a temporary final rule that authorizes the release of 64,716 supplemental H-2B visas for FY 2024. The supplemental visas will be distributed in the following allocations: Now – March 31, 2024:
Situational Awareness Over the weekend, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) unveiled a stopgap funding measure that would extend government funding for some agencies and programs until mid-January and continuing funding for others until early February. The proposed “laddered” spending bill would maintain funding
Situational Awareness The House and Senate are in session this week. The House will consider the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. The Senate will consider President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health and hold procedural votes on advancing three district
Situational Awareness The House and Senate are both in session this week. In addition to voting on additional aid for Israel, the House will be focused on appropriations bills and three privileged motions—one to expel Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.), one to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Inaugural conference will convene leaders from private clubs that host and hope to host elite golf tournaments. For the first time, the National Club Association will convene leaders from clubs that host and hope to host golf championships for a day of collaboration, networking and
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
On August 30, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to extend mandatory overtime pay to certain salaried workers. A similar rule proposed by the Obama administration to raise the overtime salary