Capitol Hill Update
Both chambers of Congress will return to Washington after the November 8 midterm elections. The next votes in the House and Senate are scheduled to occur during the week of November 14.
Continue reading “Health Policy Report (10/31)”Both chambers of Congress will return to Washington after the November 8 midterm elections. The next votes in the House and Senate are scheduled to occur during the week of November 14.
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President Joe Biden signed a two-month continuing resolution (CR) (text; summary) late last week after congressional leadership struck a deal to keep the government funded until December 16. Barring a sudden and unforeseen change in the schedule, final passage of the CR will be the final vote either chamber takes until after the November midterm elections. Senators were originally slated to come in for a nine-day legislative work period to tackle the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), but instead will remain in their respective states during the final weeks of the 2022 campaign. Regardless of who comes out on top on November 8, lawmakers will be faced with a hectic “lame duck” work period to close out the 117th Congress, with a particular focus on trying to strike an omnibus spending package for FY 2023 that could potentially carry a host of health policy priorities before the start of the new Congress.
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