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The Week in Review While most lawmakers were out of town for a Memorial Day district work period, House Republicans continued to block unanimous consent (UC) of a bipartisan $19.1 billion disaster relief bill during last week’s informal “pro forma” sessions. Rep. John Rose (R-TN) joined fellow conservatives Reps. Chip Roy (R-TN) and Thomas Massie […]

Lawmakers will return to Washington this afternoon for a busy June legislative session. In the House, Democratic leadership plans to bring fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations bills to the floor starting on the week of June 12. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that the lower chamber will look to clear each one of the […]

While most lawmakers are out of town for a Memorial Day district work period, House Democrats will convene an informal “pro forma” session of Congress later this afternoon where they are expected to make another attempt to pass a multi-billion dollar disaster aid package (text; summary) by unanimous consent (UC). Their first attempt last Friday […]

The Week in Review Senators broke a months-long impasse on disaster relief aid by passing (85-8) a $19.1 billion measure prior to leaving Washington. Congressional negotiators clinched a deal on a final package that would provide: (1) $3 billion for farm disaster assistance; (2) $2.4 billion for Community Block Development Grants; and (3) $3.25 billion […]

The House and Senate are in Recess this week. Further out, the House Financial Services has released its busy June schedule, which will include at least twelve hearings and markups.    Looking away from the Hill, The SEC is expected to vote on its long awaited Best Interest standard, in many ways an alternative to the Obama […]

Late yesterday, Senators broke a monthslong impasse on disaster relief aid by passing (85-8) a $19.1 billion measure prior to leaving Washington. Congressional negotiators clinched a deal on a final package that would provide: (1) $3 billion for farm disaster assistance; (2) $2.4 billion for Community Block Development Grants; and (3) $3.25 billion for Army […]

The prospects for a bipartisan disaster aid agreement dwindled late yesterday after negotiators were unable to reach an agreement that would allocate funding to help states recover from recent natural disasters. Despite making progress on disagreements over aid for Puerto Rico and boosting the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, negotiators have yet to strike a deal […]

House Democrats are set to make an attempt at rolling back “anti-consumer actions” at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Introduced by Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the measure (H.R. 1500) would seek to reverse policies implemented by former CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney by: (1) requiring that the Bureau’s consumer complaint data be […]

House lawmakers will resume legislative business this afternoon, and are set to consider nine suspension bills out of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. This includes: (1) a measure (H.R. 1200) that seeks to boost compensation rates for veterans with service-connected disabilities; (2) a bill (H.R. 2374) that would assess the quality of suicide prevention efforts and […]

Congressional lawmakers will reconvene for a legislative business week later this afternoon prior to leaving Washington for a Memorial Day district work period. In the upper chamber, lawmakers will look to break the impasse over disaster relief funding. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated last week that the Senate will vote on disaster relief legislation […]

The Week in Review House Democrats forced Republicans to vote against some of their own drug pricing bills last week by packaging them with measures intended to shore up the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As part of the package, Democrats voted on three bills that would help remove barriers to generic drugs entering the market […]

It is going to be a busy week in the House of Representatives with two major financial services related bills coming to the floor. First is H.R. 1500, legislation offered by Chair Waters that will roll back many of the changes made to the CFPB by former Acting Director Mick Mulvaney. While the legislation had […]