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President Trump’s budget is expected to be released later this morning as the fiscal year (FY) 2020 appropriations process ramps up. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, and Acting Office of Management and Budget Director (OMB) Russell Vought will be making Capitol Hill Committee appearances this week to justify […]

The Week in Review House lawmakers passed a sweeping ethics, campaign finance, and voting rights reform bill (H.R. 1) to finish out their legislative work week. The bill includes provisions that aim to expand voting rights by creating an automatic voter registration system and making Election Day a national holiday for federal workers. It would also reform the nation’s campaign finance system by increasing […]

Its been a tough week for moderates – at least if one were to try to read the Democratic zeitgeist.  Earlier in the week, a New York Times Opinion piece questioned whether the Democratic party needs moderates anymore. And then yesterday, the media lit up with headlines of their latest liberal darling criticizing moderates for “worshiping the […]

Congressional Democrats are making another push to reverse the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repeal of net neutrality rules. Democrats in both chambers have introduced a three-page bill that would codify the FCC’s since repealed 2015 Open Internet Order. According to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the House will likely pass the bill “in a matter of […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) admitted yesterday that the upper chamber is likely to pass a resolution of disapproval (H.J.Res 46) next week that would overturn President Trump's national emergency declaration. Leader McConnell’s remarks came after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joined three other Senate Republicans — including Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and […]

House and Senate lawmakers are set to begin another legislative workweek. Senators will return to action today and will resume their push to clear the presidential nominations queue starting with consideration of Allison Jones Rushing’s nomination to be a Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit. The Senate is also expected to take up the nominations […]

The Week in Review Last week, Congressional Democrats made their first move in a series of legislative and legal maneuvers to prevent President Trump from circumventing Congress to fund a border wall. House lawmakers passed (245-182) a resolution of disapproval (H.J.Res 46) that would reject the President’s national emergency declaration on the southern border. While reports […]

On Friday, the Treasury announced that it was, once again, forced to initiate "extraordinary measures" to ensure that the full faith and credit of the United States Government will not be breached.   As has been the case in the past, these actions are expected to push back the "drop dead" date for a breach of […]

A bipartisan group of Senators —spearheaded by Sens. David Perdue (R-GA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Doug Jones (D-AL) — have introduced a bill (S. 572) to provide relief for states adversely impacted by hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and other natural disasters last year. The package includes funding for Army Corps of Engineers construction projects aimed at shore, […]

Following passage (245-182) of a resolution of disapproval that would block President Trump’s national emergency declaration, House Democrats have teed up another major issue on their policy platform — gun control. House lawmakers are set to consider a bill (H.R. 8) that aims to strengthen the existing gun background check system by mandating universal background […]

House lawmakers are preparing their first move in a series of legislative and legal maneuvers to prevent President Trump from circumventing Congress to fund a border wall. Lawmakers will vote on a resolution of disapproval (H.J.Res 46) that would reject the President’s national emergency declaration on the southern border. While reports suggest that the House […]

The Week in Review Last week, in response to President Trump’s southern border national emergency declaration, House Democrats introduced a resolution of disapproval (H.J.Res 46) that would reject the President’s declaration. It’s the first move in a series of potential legislative and legal maneuvers by Congressional Democrats to block President Trump from circumventing Congress to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico […]