2026 Congressional Outlook: A Narrowing Window Before the Midterms

Capitol Hill Update The House Rules Committee is set to meet today to develop a rule that will govern the floor debate for tomorrow’s session in the lower chamber. Action on the House floor tomorrow includes a vote on the Democrats’ sweeping $3 trillion Health Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (TRP analysis), as […]

Capitol Hill Update House Democrats introduced their sweeping $3 trillion “CARES 2.0” stimulus legislation (text; section-by-section; one pager; state and local fact sheet) yesterday following weeks of intraparty negotiations and assessments of current COVID-19 response efforts. If enacted, the Health Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act would represent the largest federal response to the […]

Capitol Hill Update House lawmakers are continuing to 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.The Rules Committee is currently scheduled to meet Thursday morning to develop the rule that will govern debate for these measures — a move that […]

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 […]

House lawmakers are currently scheduled to return to Washington next week, as House Democrats continue to work on tying loose ends on their forthcoming stimulus proposal. Provisions expected in the section from the Financial Services Committee include: prohibitions on negative credit reporting, debt collection and wage garnishment of stimulus funds, as well as rental market […]

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, […]

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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 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 […]