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 [...]

Government Still Open: The House and Senate return to a fully-open Washington, D.C. after lawmakers passed a final appropriations bill fully funding departments set to shut down last Friday – including the Departments of Transportation, Justice, [...]

Shutdown Showdown House and Senate lawmakers return to Washington this week, cutting short their President’s Day recess in an attempt to pass a full appropriations bill ahead of a partial government shutdown this Friday (and [...]

Congress Back in Town Both Chambers of Congress are back in town after the House’s recess last week. Lawmakers continue to negotiate a bipartisan tax proposal and an ongoing Senate-led immigration reform package – both [...]

Shutdown Delayed Lawmakers voted last week to pass another stopgap funding measure to keep the government open on a “laddered” structure through March 1st and 8th (up from January 19th and February 2nd). The move [...]

Congress Full Steam Ahead Congress kicked off its second work week of 2024 with two bipartisan, bicameral proposals: a tax package and a stopgap funding deal to avert a government shutdown at the end of [...]

The House: The House returns this week to continue discussions on the looming January 19th deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)  have negotiated [...]