The Latest on the Government Shutdown

The House will finish up consideration of its second appropriations “minibus” early in the week before turning to the three more bills: (1) a supplemental appropriations bill to provide funding for border crisis; (2) legislation to secure our elections; and (3) the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) spending bill. If past is precedent there is […]

House lawmakers will pick up amendment debate and roll call votes today on the second fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations “minibus” after lawmakers passed (226-203) the first four-bill spending package late yesterday. Thus far, the lower chamber has approved 64 amendments to the underlying bill — which includes Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS), Interior-Environment, Military Construction-Veterans’ Affairs (VA) and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]

House lawmakers return to action this afternoon as another marathon legislative work week is taking shape. The lower chamber will resume consideration of amendments to the first appropriations “minibus,” beginning with postponed roll call votes on the Defense portion of the four-bill spending package. Votes are expected past the midnight hour tonight, as GOP lawmakers […]

The Week in Review The House kicked off a multi-day process to approve the first fiscal year (FY) 2020 "minibus” last week. While House Democrats were hopeful to wrap up consideration of the four-bill spending package last Thursday, House conservatives stymied progress on the bill by requesting a recorded vote on every amendment that was […]

Congress will gear up for another hectic work session this week as both chambers have teed up high-profile legislative items for 2019. When the House returns Tuesday, lawmakers will finish roll call votes on dozens of amendments to the first “minibus” package consisting of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Energy and Water Development, Defense, and State-Foreign Operations spending […]

Perhaps for the first time all year both Chambers will be legislating, as the House continues to press through the spending bills – wrapping up its first "mini-bus" and starting on the second one – while the Senate will start the process for considering the Defense bill.   Additionally, at the Committee level there will […]

House lawmakers are set for another marathon day on the floor as members look to clear over 200 amendments to the four-bill appropriations “minibus.” The lower chamber held more than two-dozen roll call votes on amendments (batch 1; batch 2) well past midnight yesterday after House conservatives prevented expedited voice-vote adoption by requesting a recorded […]

House Democrats have reduced the first “minibus” from five bills to four, pulling the spending bill for the Legislative Branch from the package late yesterday. The spending bill was pulled amid backlash from lawmakers over a provision that would give lawmakers a pay raise for the first time since 2009 — an issue that has […]

House lawmakers will kick off a busy legislative work week later this afternoon as the House begins full consideration of fiscal year (FY) 2020 spending bills. The lower chamber will take up the first “minibus” package (summary; amendments) for FY 2020 on Wednesday, containing five appropriations bills. The five spending bills included in the first […]

The Week in Review President Donald Trump signed a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill a months-long delay over issues related Puerto Rico and border security. The bill passed under suspension of the rules early last week after House conservatives blocked the bill from being passed during pro forma sessions over the Memorial Day district work […]

Looking Ahead After an abbreviated week following the recess, the June slog begins – especially in the House where the lower chamber is expected to move through a series of spending measures. Also this week the House Financial Services Committee will mark-up a series of bills, including the bipartisan agreement on Flood Insurance, as well […]

Congressional lawmakers have completed their legislative business for the week, wrapping up early to accommodate a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. When the lower chamber returns next week, House lawmakers will begin consideration of the first fiscal year (FY) 2020 “minibus” package containing five FY 2020 appropriations bills. The […]