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Our Take When the House returns today, and the Senate a day later, from their 4th of July breaks it is unlikely that the time spent extolling the virtues of our country, wrapping themselves in patriotism or recalling the words of the Declaration of Independence will have any effect on the partisan gridlock that has […]

The Week in Review With the House out for the week ahead of the Independence Day holiday, the Senate’s work was divided between the hugely successful and the continually frustrating. On the latter, senators began the week by continuing consideration of the House-passed Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill (H.R. 2577) that includes a funding package […]

Our Take Starting last Wednesday afternoon and stretching all the way through the next 25 hours, the House of Representatives ground to a halt, as House Democrats staged a sit-in to express their frustrations with the lack of a vote on their proposal to prevent individuals on the “no fly list” from being able to […]

With the House already on recess for the July 4 holiday, the Senate will begin the week with a noncontroversial judicial confirmation before moving on to more contentious debates on spending bills and Puerto Rico debt relief legislation. A vote is expected this afternoon on the nomination of Robert Rossiter, Jr. to be U.S. District […]

The Week in Review In Washington and abroad, last week brought unprecedented action that caught most political analysts by surprise. On Thursday, the United Kingdom (UK) shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union (EU) in a highly anticipated public referendum. The move brought turmoil to global financial markets, forced British Prime Minister […]

With House Democrats staging a sit-in on the well of the House floor to attempt to force votes on gun control proposals, Republican leaders elected to formally adjourn the chamber for the week. The House is not scheduled to be in session next week, meaning that the next action legislative action for House lawmakers may […]

Looking Ahead Near Term The Senate is expected to take up a proposal on gun control in response to the the mass shooting in Orlando and after Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) held a 15-hour filibuster on the subject last week.   The vote will be part of four amendments to pending Commerce-Justice-Science spending legislation (H.R.2578). The […]

The Week in Review After consideration of dozens of amendments, House lawmakers approved defense appropriations legislation (H.R. 5293) on Thursday by a vote of 282-138. The bill provides $517.1 billion of funding to defense programs, with another $58 billion allocated to the Overseas Contingency Operations account for combat operations against the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Two major spending bills will dominate action in Congress today, with the House set to work through a series of amendments on the fiscal 2017 defense appropriations measure (H.R. 5293), and the Senate moving on to the Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill (H.R. 2578). House lawmakers will be working through nearly 75 proposals for the defense measure, […]

Looking Ahead Near Term SEC Chair White testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. The House Financial Services Committee will mark-up a slew of bills on Wednesday.

Expect heated debates over policy riders for fiscal 2017 spending bills in both chambers this week, particularly ones related to LGBT rights and terrorism after this weekend’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has worked to circumnavigate the divides that often plague the appropriations process, but that strategy […]

The Week in Review House leaders from both parties successfully shepherded a revised bill (H.R. 5278) addressing the Puerto Rico debt crisis through the lower chamber, putting the legislation on track to be on the president’s desk before a July 1 deadline for the island territory’s next debt payment. The measure, which was approved on […]