House Adopts Budget Resolution to Unlock GOP Reconciliation Effort

Capitol Hill Update House lawmakers are continuing their work on their “CARES 2.0” stimulus proposal, as well as a temporary emergency rule change that would allow for remote voting and committee hearings. As such, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced moments ago that Members “may” convene for legislative business no earlier than this Friday pending the […]

Capitol Hill Update House lawmakers are currently scheduled to return to Washington next week, yet the lack of a “CARES 2.0” proposal from House Democratic leadership suggests that this date could get pushed to the following week of May 18. House Democrats are still tying up loose ends on their forthcoming stimulus proposal and have […]

Capitol Hill Update Senators will convene for legislative business this morning while House lawmakers continue to distance themselves from Capitol Hill due to health and safety concerns from the Attending Physician’s office. While House Democratic leadership indicated that members could return as soon as next week, that date could get pushed to the following week […]

Capitol Hill Update House Democratic leadership is formulating a strategy to bring another COVID-19 legislative package to the floor. Democrats have reportedly been working off of Speaker Pelosi’s counteroffer to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) original CARES Act as a starting point for developing their forthcoming bill, prioritizing funding for state and local governments, […]

Capitol Hill Update House Democratic leadership is formulating a strategy to bring another COVID-19 legislative package to the floor. On a caucus call yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that she is pushing Committee chairs to finalize their portions of the “CARES 2.0” legislation as soon as possible in the hopes of finalizing the package […]

Capitol Hill Update Senators will return this afternoon to resume legislative business, but the House will remain away from Washington amid health and safety concerns from the Attending Physician’s office. As the floor and Committee schedules for coming days and weeks take shape, leadership officials stated that Congress is likely to consider another round of […]

Capitol Hill Update Senators will return on Monday to resume legislative business, but the House will remain away from Washington amid health and safety concerns from the Attending Physician’s office. As the floor and Committee schedules for coming days and weeks takes shape, leadership officials stated that Congress is likely to consider another round of […]

Capitol Hill Recap House and Senate lawmakers are distancing themselves from Capitol Hill amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The Senate is scheduled to return on Monday, May 4, but the House will remain away from Washington amid health and safety concerns from the Attending Physician’s office. While the floor and Committee schedules for coming days and […]

Capitol Hill Recap House and Senate lawmakers are distancing themselves from Capitol Hill amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The Senate is scheduled to return on Monday, May 4, but the House will remain away from Washington amid health and safety concerns from the Attending Physician’s office. While the floor and Committee schedules for coming days and […]

Capitol Hill Update Senators confirmed yesterday that they will return for legislative business next Monday, May 4, but House lawmakers have reversed course on their decision to return after consulting the Attending Physician’s office. While the floor and Committee schedules for coming days and weeks have yet to be fully ironed out, leadership officials stated […]

Capitol Hill Update After passage and enactment of the “Phase 3.5” measure last week, lawmakers have left Washington and are not expected to return until next week at the earliest. While leadership continues to deliberate whether it’s safe to return next Monday, officials formed a bipartisan working group to examine options for remote voting and […]

Capitol Hill Update House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed (388-5-1) the $483.4 billion Phase 3.5 bill yesterday, placing the bill on President Donald Trump’s desk for signature at some point today. The bill provides $310 billion to replenish the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that would allow it to resume lending as soon as […]