House Postpones CR Vote Amid Ongoing Talks

Capitol Hill Update The Senate will return this afternoon to kick off a busy week of legislative business, headlined by floor action on the Bipartisan Innovation Act conference committee. Starting tomorrow, senators will consider 28 “motions to instruct” (summary) — procedural votes that are nonbinding but can be politically tricky depending on the scope of […]

Congress is set to begin a new legislative work period this week, with the Senate returning first, later today, and the House tomorrow. Upon their return to Capitol Hill, lawmakers will look to pass $10 billion in supplemental funding to address health-related pandemic response efforts, as well as roughly $50 billion for restaurants and other […]

Capitol Hill Update Congress has adjourned for a two-week state work period for the Easter and Passover holidays. The Senate will return on Monday, April 25, with the House returning a day later on Tuesday, April 26.

Capitol Hill Update Congress closed out a productive six-week work period last week with final votes confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a Supreme Court Justice, as well as a pair of bills that would implement further economic sanctions and restrictions on Russia. Lawmakers have now adjourned for a two-week state work period and will return […]

Capitol Hill Update Both chambers of Congress will be in session this week for a busy legislative work period, headlined by the release of President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request. The President’s request is expected to be formally unveiled later today, with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young set […]

Capitol Hill Update The Senate will convene for legislative business this week eyeing action on a procedural vote that would jumpstart the conference committee process on the bipartisan technology research and innovation package. This procedure will involve taking up the House’s America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act (H.R. […]

Capitol Hill Update Late last week, the Senate passed [68-31] a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package (text; summary) after reaching an agreement on amendment votes to the underlying legislation prior to final passage. The omnibus now heads to President Biden’s desk for signature, which will likely occur early this week. President Biden signed a brief […]

Capitol Hill Update House and Senate appropriators are pushing to finalize an omnibus spending deal for fiscal year (FY) 2022, but they may need beyond next Friday’s deadline to complete their work. While the “four corners” leaders are reportedly on the cusp of completing the 12-bill spending package, a last-minute White House request for supplemental funding to […]

Capitol Hill Update Both chambers will kick off the March legislative work session today as lawmakers face another lengthy list of legislative priorities — headlined by the March 11 government funding deadline. Appropriators have expressed optimism that the two sides are close to reaching an omnibus spending deal for fiscal year (FY) 2022, which will […]

Capitol Hill Update Both chambers of Congress have adjourned for the President’s Day district work period after the Senate passed the short-term government funding bill last week. Appropriators will have until Friday, March 11 to complete their work on an omnibus spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Reports out of Capitol Hill suggest that each […]

Capitol Hill Update The Senate will reconvene for legislative business today eyeing action on legislation that would implement a series of reforms to the U.S. Postal Service. Specifically, the Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 3076) would, among other things: (1) provide USPS with $50 billion in additional funding over 10 years; (2) require future retirees […]

Capitol Hill Update Late last week, House lawmakers passed [222-210] the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act (text; fact sheet; section-by-section). The roughly $350 billion technology research and innovation package would provide $52 billion toward domestic semiconductor production, as well as $45 billion to bolster domestic supply chains and manufacturing […]