The Latest on the Government Shutdown

The Week in Review   The week in Congress was dominated by debate on the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran. Under the deal, Iran will maintain the ability to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes, but be subject to intensive inspections from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Republicans have vehemently opposed the deal and […]

Looking Ahead Near Term The House is expected to take up two bills related to abortion before possibly considering a continuing resolution that may likely include language eliminating federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The Senate is expected to spend the majority of the week continuing to debate the Iran Nuclear Agreement. The House Financial Services […]

Our Take Since the first session of the 114th Congress convened back in January we’ve made it clear that this year’s Congressional agenda would be dictated by deadlines. While the Congress and the Administration were able to successfully deal with a few of these, most were punted until the end of September and October, leaving […]

The Week in Review   The House and Senate were in recess last week.   The Week Ahead   Congress is set to return today and will begin what is sure to be a hectic period on Capitol Hill.  The first major action for the House will be voting on a formal disapproval of the […]

The Week in Review   The House and Senate were in recess last week.   The Week Ahead   Both chambers of Congress are in recess until Tuesday, September 8. When the Senate reconvenes, members are set to immediately consider a measure which would disapprove of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. For a full […]

  The Week in Review   The House and Senate were in recess last week.   The Week Ahead   Both chambers of Congress are in recess until Tuesday, September 8. When the Senate reconvenes, members are set to immediately consider a measure which would disapprove of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. For a […]

The Week in Review   The House and Senate were in recess last week.   The Week Ahead   Both chambers of Congress are in recess until Tuesday, September 8. When the Senate reconvenes, members are set to immediately consider a measure which would disapprove of President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. For a full […]

The Week in Review   August recess arrived last week in Washington, with the Senate pushing off votes on cybersecurity and the Iran deal until lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on September 8.  Under a unanimous consent agreement reached on Wednesday, Republicans and Democrats agreed to postpone debate on a cybersecurity measure (S. 754) that […]

The Week in Review   Two high-profile issues dominated discussion in Congress last week, namely a conclusion to the highway funding debate—for now—and the ongoing controversy over the actions of Planned Parenthood. With the highway funding deadline looming, the Senate and House reached a short-term agreement to keep money flowing for highway construction until October […]

Our Take Last week Treasury Secretary Lew sent a letter to Congress letting them know that the Treasury’s extraordinary measures used to stave off default would likely expire around the end of October all but ensuring that we will once again see a conflation of the congressional effort to resolve the debt limit tied into […]

The Week in Review   Last week witnessed a flurry of transportation action, as the Senate worked through the weekend in hopes of advancing their version of highway funding legislation. The Senate’s six-year measure would pay for new highway funding for three years by using a variety of offsets on top of the current federal […]

Looking Ahead Near Term The House Financial Services Committee continues its nostalgic review of Dodd-Frank with a hearing on Tuesday.  Later that afternoon the Committee will mark-up the following bills: