The Latest on the Government Shutdown
The Senate is gearing up for another round of government funding votes during today’s session, but an end to the shutdown is not imminently expected. However, in an interview with MSNBC, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated that he’s prepared to give Democrats a floor vote on their key health-related priorities, namely extending the […]
 
							-   May 7, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (5/7) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   May 6, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (5/6) Read MoreCapitol 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, […] 
-   May 5, 2020
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-   May 5, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (5/5) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   May 5, 2020
                Health Policy Report (5/4) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   May 4, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (5/4) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   May 1, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (5/1) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   April 30, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (4/30) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   April 29, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (4/29) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   April 28, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (4/28) Read MoreCapitol 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 […] 
-   April 27, 2020
                Health Policy Report (4/27) Read MoreCapitol Hill Update President Donald Trump signed the $483.4 billion “COVID-19 Phase 3.5” bill into law last week after officials clinched a bipartisan agreement on the measure. 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 today (Monday). The […] 
-   April 27, 2020
                Today on the Hill: Special COVID-19 Edition (4/27) Read MoreCapitol 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 […]