House Committees Resume Reconciliation Markups

House lawmakers are eyeing passage of a measure seeking to bolster federal protections for public lands. The lower chamber will begin consideration of a package of bills out of the Natural Resources Committee (text; amendments) that would designate roughly 1.4 million square miles of new wilderness areas throughout the U.S., providing federal protections to thousands […]

New Hampshire voters will head to the polls today as the highly anticipated “first-in-the-nation” Democratic presidential primary gets underway. Recent polling indicates that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg are leading the pack in the Granite State, with Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in the mix […]

The Week in Review The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump came to a close last week after Senators reached a final verdict on two articles of impeachment. Following two days of closing arguments and Senate speeches, the upper chamber voted to acquit the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. […]

Congress will return to action today as lawmakers begin to formulate a post-impeachment agenda. In the upper chamber, Senators are expected to take up a “War Powers” resolution that would require President Donald Trump to withdraw any troops from military hostilities against Iran within 30 days. The resolution is expected to pass at some point […]

House lawmakers are set to wrap up the week with a supplemental disaster funding package for Puerto Rico. The measure would allocate roughly $4.7 billion in emergency aid following a series of earthquakes on the island earlier this year, as well as tax relief by way of expanded earned income and child tax credits. The […]

House lawmakers will convene today as Democrats prepare to rebuke the Trump administration’s recently announced Medicaid block grant proposal. The lower chamber will consider a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that would overturn recent guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow states to accept capped Medicaid funding in exchange for […]

Senators are set to reach a final verdict on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Following two days of closing arguments and Senate speeches, the upper chamber will vote on acquittal of the president later this afternoon. President Trump is expected to be cleared on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of […]

As the Senate prepares to close out its impeachment trial, President Donald Trump is set to deliver his third State of the Union (SOTU) address tonight. The president’s annual speech to Congress will reportedly focus on key economic wins — ranging from the 2017 tax rewrite to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — with a […]

The Week in Review The Senate — sitting as a court of impeachment — resumed its trial of President Donald Trump last week. Following two marathon days of questioning, Senators took a vote to consider additional evidence and witness testimony beyond the scope of the House’s investigation. The motion was defeated on a close 49-51 […]

The impeachment trial of President Trump is nearing an endgame after the Senate chose not to pursue additional evidence and witness testimony last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) outlined the next steps in the upper chamber’s impeachment process on Friday. Leader McConnell’s resolution provides for two days of closing arguments and Senate speeches […]

Senators have reached a pivotal moment in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial as they enter the final day of the question and answer portion. The Senate will have another eight hours to submit questions to the House managers and White House defense team, which must be submitted in writing for Chief Justice John Roberts to […]

House lawmakers are set to take up a package (text; amendments) of Democratic credit-related legislation out of the Financial Services Committee. The measure includes a host of bills that cleared the Committee on a party-line basis last summer, including bills that would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to: (1) ban the use of credit […]