Where Things Stand on Government Funding

Appropriations, defense policy, Washington D.C.’s budget, and catfish inspections are the focus of floor action in Congress today.  In the House, lawmakers will be working through amendments to the fiscal 2017 Energy and Water development spending bill. The $37.4 billion appropriations bill (H.R. 5055) would fund the Energy Department, the Army Corps of Engineers, and […]

The House is teeing up a pair of votes on a toxic chemicals overhaul and a measure to exclude certain pesticides from permitting requirements, before spending the rest of the afternoon debating the fiscal 2017 Energy and Water Development spending bill (H.R. 5055). The rewrite of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 2576) – […]

Our Take If all goes according to plan, this week the House Resources Committee is expected to mark-up legislation to resolve the Puerto Rico fiscal crisis this week.  While the entire process is extremely fragile, assuming that the bill can survive the mark-up, it could be on the House floor as early as the week […]

The Week in Review Even without a budget resolution, the House passed the first of its fiscal 2017 appropriations bills last week, as well as this year’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a bill transferring Ebola funds to fight the Zika virus. On Wednesday, House lawmakers approved the $610.5 billion spending […]

This week, the Senate is set to power through their version of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as the House revises a 40-year old law regulating toxic chemicals used in manufacturing and tries to come to an agreement on legislation to help Puerto Rico restructure its $70 billion debt.

Cloture votes on three Zika-related amendments are due in the Senate today as lawmakers decide on the amount of funding to be allocated towards fighting the virus and whether there will be a budgetary offset to pay for the package. Democrats favor funding President Obama’s full $1.9 billion request without any coinciding cuts or offsets […]

This week, the Senate moves on to debate a combined Transportation-HUD and Military Construction-VA spending bill that will include debate over provisions for battling the Zika virus, while the House plans for extensive floor debate on the fiscal 2017 edition of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 

The Week in Review Both chambers returned from a brief recess and enjoyed a productive week, as the Senate worked through an impasse over Iran to advance the Energy-Water Development appropriations bill, while the House put together its legislative package designed to combat opioid abuse. Prior to the one-week recess earlier this month, the Energy-Water […]

 Looking Ahead Near Term Busy week in the House as the chamber will consider the Defense Authorization bill.  This massive legislation often includes debate on numerous amendments. The House Financial Services Committee has three hearings scheduled for the week – including one the CFPB’s recently released NRPM on arbitration. The Senate will continue it work […]

Both chambers return from their brief recesses this week, with the Senate set to continue its work on the Energy-Water Development spending measure, and the House aiming to tackle a legislative package aimed at combating the emerging opioid-addiction epidemic. 

The Week in Review   With Congress out, last week was a hugely significant period in the race for the White House as Donald Trump’s resounding win in Indiana’s primary election on Tuesday forced his two remaining competitors for the Republican presidential nomination to suspend their campaigns. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ohio Governor John […]

The Week in Review   Ahead of their brief recess this week, last week lawmakers in the Senate tried to complete the first appropriations measure of the year, while the House considered a set of financial services bills and a resolution disapproving of a recently finalized Department of Labor (DOL) rule.