Senate Votes Filed on Kids’ Online Safety Package
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is slated to file votes on legislation that seeks to shore up kids’ and teens’ online safety. The package of bills —which includes the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) — does have broad bipartisan support in both chambers, […]
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- October 15, 2019
Health Policy Report (10/15)
The Week Ahead Congress returns to action today as lawmakers gear up for a three-week legislative work session. Over the course of these next three weeks, House and Senate appropriators are expected to continue negotiations on subcommittee allocations for each of the 12 fiscal year (FY) 2020 spending measures. If they reach an agreement, they […]
- October 7, 2019
Health Policy Report (10/7)
President Trump Announces Executive Order to Modernize Medicare Last Thursday, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to advance a series of changes to protect and strengthen the Medicare program. These changes focus on providing more health plan options for Medicare beneficiaries, an opportunity for enhanced benefits, […]
- September 30, 2019
This Week on the Hill: Funding Bill Signed as Lawmakers Break for Two-Week Recess
Late last Friday, President Donald Trump signed the seven-week continuing resolution (CR) (HR 4378) that Senate lawmakers cleared last week prior to breaking for the Columbus Day district work period. The measure punts the impending government funding deadline until Nov. 21 and extends key expiring authorizations — including the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the Export-Import […]
- September 30, 2019
Health Policy Report (9/30)
The Week in Review After the Senate cleared (81-16) the House-passed continuing resolution, President Donald Trump signed the stopgap funding bill into law ahead of the Sept. 30 government funding deadline to temporarily avert a shutdown. The CR pushes the funding deadline to Nov. 21 while also ensuring that numerous key policy riders — including […]
- September 30, 2019
Financial Services Report (9/30)
The House and Senate are in recess for the next two weeks. When they return they will need to finalize the spending bills before the November 21st deadline. There are also rumors about an aggressive hearing schedule in the House Financial Services Committee, including the potential for CFPB Director Kranniger to appear as part of […]
- September 27, 2019
Today on the Hill: Funding Bill Hits Trump’s Desk After Senate Passes CR
After a busy month that saw significant action on appropriations and a push towards impeachment proceedings, House lawmakers have convened to wrap up legislative business for September. On the floor, the House will consider a suspension bill out of the Homeland Security Committee that would authorize a Joint Task Force aimed at improving the Department of Homeland […]
- September 26, 2019
Today on the Hill: Senate Looks to Clear CR
The Senate is readying a vote on a stopgap funding measure that would avert a shutdown and fund the government through Nov. 21. Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called up the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) for a vote yesterday, ensuring that numerous key policy riders — including extensions for several expiring health care programs, the National […]
- September 25, 2019
Today on the Hill: House to Move on Cannabis Banking Bill
House lawmakers are expected to take up groundbreaking legislation under suspension of the rules today that would open up banking to cannabis companies. In a move aimed at getting the bill through the GOP-controlled Senate, House Democrats tacked on provisions to the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act that would prevent a revival of the Obama-era […]
- September 24, 2019
Today on the Hill: Senate Appropriators Begin Work on Three More Spending Bills
Senate appropriators will meet to consider another batch of fiscal year (FY) 2020 spending bills today. The measures for Interior-Environment, Commerce-Science-Justice (CJS), and Homeland Security will be marked up in their respective subcommittees today ahead of the full committee markup on Thursday. While the Interior-Environment and CJS measures are expected to pass with bipartisan support, […]
- September 23, 2019
This Week on the Hill: Senate Looks to Clinch Short-Term Funding Deal
Congress is set to close out the September legislative work session this week as Senators look to clinch a deal on a stopgap funding resolution. At some point later this week, the Senate is expected to take action on a continuing resolution (CR) that would punt the government funding deadline beyond Sept. 30. However, it remains […]
- September 23, 2019
Financial Services Report (9/23)
This weeks marks the final leg of the three week spring that Congress has been in since returning from the August recess. If all goes according to plan the Senate should pass a short-term continuing resolution (CR) by the end of the week to punt the serious spending and budget questions until Thanksgiving. In […]
- September 23, 2019
Health Policy Report (9/23)
The Week in Review Lawmakers completed a busy week of legislative business that saw significant action on fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations priorities. In the House, lawmakers passed a continuing resolution (CR) (text; summary) that would punt the deadline to fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY 2020) until Nov. 21. The bill includes a […]