Capitol Hill Update
Both chambers of Congress will return to kick off the February legislative session this week. The Senate will return first later today and will primarily focus on clearing the queue of President Joe Biden’s pending nominations. On the House side, lawmakers are scheduled to resume legislative business tomorrow and consider legislation that seeks to end mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration for sexual assault and harassment disputes (H.R. 4445). Members are also slated to take up the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act (text; fact sheet; section-by-section) at some point next week after leadership introduced the package on Wednesday. More than 500 Amendments to the America COMPETES Act were filed late last week, and the Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday to consider a rule for the measure.
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