Where Things Stand on Government Funding

Congress has adjourned for the Memorial Day district and state work periods, and lawmakers will resume legislative business on Monday, June 3. When the House returns, lawmakers are expected to take up the first fiscal year (FY) 2025 spending bill for Military Construction-VA, which passed out of the Appropriations Committee in a party-line vote during […]

Voters went to the polls yesterday in a series of key House primary elections. Here’s a quick recap of what you need to know: CA-20: California state legislator Vince Fong (R-CA) will be sworn in to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) next month after winning the special election to serve the remainder of the former […]

House GOP leadership is planning to call up a pair of crypto-focused bills for consideration this week, including legislation that would establish a regulatory framework for digital assets. Specifically, the Financial Innovation and Technology (FIT) for the 21st Century Act would, among other things: (1) provide the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with regulatory authority over […]

The House will meet for legislative business today as lawmakers look to quickly pass legislation to provide tax relief for recent disasters. Specifically, the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act (H.R. 5863) would: (1) extend rules for the treatment of certain disaster-related personal casualty losses; (2) provide tax relief for gross income losses due to wildfires; […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced yesterday that the chamber will hold votes on legislation that mirrors the bipartisan border security agreement that was dropped from the national security supplemental talks earlier this year. A procedural vote on The Border Act — which contains various reforms to border-focused statutes that govern border patrol hiring […]

House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through 2028, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk for signature ahead of Friday’s deadline. With FAA checked off, lawmakers will now shift their attention to work on other “must pass” legislative items such as fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations and the National […]

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a “roadmap” for artificial intelligence (AI) that summarizes key findings from the Senate’s AI insight forums last year, and identifies key policy topics that merit bipartisan consideration in the 118th Congress and beyond. Policy priorities highlighted in the roadmap include: Increasing funding for AI innovation to advance U.S. leadership […]

Both chambers will resume legislative business tomorrow as the House looks to clinch a long-term reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Late last week, the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation that will keep the FAA operational into 2028, as well as a one-week extension to provide the House with additional time for a final vote. […]

Congress will return to action today as the House looks to send a long-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to the president’s desk. The FAA Reauthorization Act will come up for consideration under suspension of the rules today, and it is expected to pass the House with strong bipartisan support. Additionally, House lawmakers […]

Both chambers will resume legislative business this week as lawmakers look to clear a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ahead of Friday’s deadline. While the FAA Reauthorization Act cleared the Senate’s latest procedural vote late last week, negotiations are still ongoing with respect to votes on a series of amendments that are […]

Both chambers will resume legislative business next week as lawmakers look to clear a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ahead of the May 10 deadline. While the FAA Reauthorization Act cleared the Senate’s latest procedural vote during yesterday’s session, negotiations are still ongoing with respect to votes on a series of amendments that […]

The Senate will gavel in for legislative business today after successfully advancing [89-10] a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during yesterday’s session. Discussions on a “time agreement” are still ongoing among Senate leadership, which would likely include votes on a series of amendments to the underlying bill before moving to final passage. […]