Congress Campaigning Continues As Members of Congress continue to campaign throughout the August recess, the Becker Team has prepared a list of retiring Senators and Representatives, and the candidates running to replace [...]

Shakeup in Washington Lawmakers return to a seismically different Washington this week with President Joe Biden announcing that he will end his reelection campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him, just one [...]

House Lawmakers Close Out JuneThe House is the only Chamber in town this week with the Senate out until after the Fourth of July recess week (which the House will also observe). President Joe Biden will [...]

Congress Back in Washington: This marks the last week that both the House and Senate will be in Washington at the same time for the month of June. Senators return to take up regular business, [...]

Memorial Day Push: Congress returns to Washington this week to tackle its legislative agenda before breaking for its week-long Memorial Day recess. In the Senate, Members are slated to vote on judicial nominees. It’s also [...]

The Houses Stays Open The House of Representatives is still open for business this week after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) easily survived a motion to vacate brought by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) last week, [...]

To Vacate or Not to Vacate?Congress returns to Washington in what could be House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) final week as leader of the Chamber.  That’s because Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is set to proceed with [...]

Congress Returns from RecessCongress returns to DC from its recess this week after passing a long-awaited foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, which would also effectively ban the social media app TikTok.House lawmakers return [...]

Congress Revamps Agenda:The House returns to Washington with an entirely new agenda this week in response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel over the weekend.Instead of taking up legislation regarding appliance efficiency standards, lawmakers will shift [...]

Congress ReturnsThe House and Senate return to Washington for the first time in two weeks following lawmakers’ Spring recess. Members left just before passing a full FY24 appropriations package, thus closing out a drawn-out government funding [...]