Capitol Hill Update
The Senate will reconvene again this week, closing out the May legislative session with a pair of notable votes. When the chamber meets later this afternoon, Senators will take up a procedural motion on Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with final confirmation likely to occur in the middle of the week. Additionally, the Senate will resume consideration of Endless Frontier Act amendments, beginning with Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell’s (D-WA) proposal for a supply chain resiliency program. Final passage of the bipartisan $100 billion technology innovation package is expected to take place at the end of the week.
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