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Looking Ahead Near Term The Senate is in for an abbreviated session and will take up the revised NDAA as well as the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs spending bill.  The House in Recess, returning for votes on the 17th Further Out House calendar for next year released. Senate calendar for next year released. Funding for the […]

The Week in Review  Speaker Paul Ryan’s first full week on the job was a successful one as the House successfully advanced a highway funding measure (H.R. 22) that would renew highway and surface transportation programs for six years – paying for three years and leaving Congress to find funding for the second three years […]

​Looking Ahead Near Term On Tuesday the Financial Services Committee Meets to mark-up the following bills H.R. 1309, the “Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015” H.R. 1478, the “Policyholder Protection Act of 2015” An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute expected to be offered by Mr. Posey is being distributed with this notice.  Members wishing […]

The Week in Review   A busy week in Washington was highlighted by the changing of the guard in the top post of the House. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected to replace John Boehner (R-OH) by the Republican Conference on Wednesday and secured the House floor’s approval on Thursday, with just 9 Republicans voting […]

Our Take After a week of contemplation, and speculation, Representative Paul Ryan is set to become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives and the first person from Wisconsin to hold that position.  The House Republican Conference is set to vote Wednesday, with a vote in the full House on Thursday.  Unless another bombshell […]

The Week in Review  Legislative action last week was highlighted by ongoing deliberation on how to raise the nation’s debt limit by a November 3 deadline – the date the Treasury Department has determined the country’s borrowing capacity will be exceeded. House Republicans have been deliberating on a solution and considered a proposal last week […]

This post, penned by Thorn Run's Billy Wynne, originally appeared in Health Affairs Blog. In a previous post—now almost one and a half years ago—I described “the coming storm” I anticipated would develop around the 340B drug discount program. After a brief tornado hit the House Energy and Commerce Committee when they considered including 340B reforms in […]

The Week in Review   The House and Senate were in a week-long recess for the Columbus Day holiday last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has scheduled the Senate to return this afternoon at 4:00 PM and the House is set to return tomorrow morning.

The Week in Review  Legislative action in Congress last week was overshadowed by the surprising announcement from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) that he would no longer seek to be Speaker of the House John Boehner’s (R-OH) successor. While McCarthy’s decision caught most observers by surprise, it can be, at least partially, explained by to […]

Our Take Last week’s turbulence in the expected ascension of Kevin McCarthy to Speaker, not only threw the House into disarray, but was also was one of those moments when you realize we are living through history.  Outside of the drama surrounding McCarthy’s decision and what it means for the Republicans in the House, the […]

The Week in Review The showdown over government funding fizzled last week as Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) decision to step down cleared the way for a continuing resolution (CR) to pass through Congress and extend government funding through December 11, 2015. A “clean” CR—one devoid of a provision defunding Planned Parenthood—passed the Senate last Tuesday […]

Our Take   Looking Ahead Near Term Republican Conference elections on Thursday (though maybe just for Speaker) House will take up a series of Financial Services related bills on the suspension calendar on Tuesday including: H.R. 2091 – Child Support Assistance Act of 2015 H.R. 1553 – Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 […]