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A bipartisan deal ensuring that funding for Flint, Michigan’s water crisis is handled during the lame-duck session allowed lawmakers to quickly approve a continuing resolution (CR) maintaining current levels of government funding through Dec. 9, plus packages to combat the Zika virus and send flood aid to Louisiana and other states affected by natural disasters. […]

Our Take While the 2016 Presidential election has felt like it has been going on for an entirety, hopefully it will all be over soon (though perhaps not soon enough).   Since the beginning, we have been arguing that the 2016 race will be seen as the “Facebook election” meaning that for the first time the […]

After a fiery presidential debate last night, the Senate convenes today for a key vote on the continuing resolution (CR) proposed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to fund the government through Dec. 9. Democrats, including Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), are expected to vote against the measure in an effort to increase […]

Our Take After months of waiting this past week saw the return of what so many in our nation follow so closely.   That’s right, the NFL is back!    Oh yeah, and Congress returned from a seven-week recess, much to the chagrin of staff, K Street, and perhaps even some of the Members themselves.   With […]

Yesterday, the Senate again postponed a key procedural vote as negotiators continue to work on what riders will be included in the stopgap spending legislation. The cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the legislative vehicle for a continuing resolution (CR) is now scheduled for this afternoon, but there remains a possibility that it […]

The Week in Review Early optimism that the Senate could quickly agree upon a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government and leave Washington at the end of the week faded as lawmakers disagreed on the policy riders to be included in the stopgap spending measure. Funding a White House request for emergency resources to […]

Our Take After months of waiting this past week saw the return of what so many in our nation follow so closely.   That’s right, the NFL is back!    Oh yeah, and Congress returned from a seven-week recess, much to the chagrin of staff, K Street, and perhaps even some of the Members themselves.   With […]

After meeting with President Obama yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is optimistic that the chamber can move forward on a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Dec. 9 and leave for the election recess as early as this Friday. Senate leaders anticipate using the Legislative Branch appropriations bill (H.R. 5325) as […]

The Week in Review Following the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Congress made its long awaited return to Washington for a month-long legislative period before the body breaks again ahead of November’s elections. The Senate picked up exactly where it left off in July with a partisan impasse on both a defense spending bill (H.R. […]

The Week in Review While lawmakers spent the final week of summer campaigning in their districts and prepared for a sprint of a September session, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a high-profile trip to Mexico, followed by speech in Arizona where he outlined a 10-point plan on illegal immigration. Standing on a stage in […]

The Week in Review Last week, both presidential candidates sharpened their rhetoric against each other with Hillary Clinton seeking to link Donald Trump to white nationalism and the “alternative right” and Trump responding by casting Clinton as a “bigot.” While name-calling is hardly a new development in presidential campaigns, there is little doubt that Clinton […]

The Week in Review Donald Trump stayed in the headlines last week after his campaign decided to make a number of changes in their campaign structure. Steve Bannon, executive chairman of the ultra-conservative Breitbart News, was named chief executive of the campaign while Kellyanne Conaway, a senior adviser and longtime conservative pollster, was promoted to […]