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The Week in Review Both chambers were in recess last week for the Memorial Day holiday. The Senate is expected to reconvene today, with the House set to return tomorrow.

Looking Ahead Near Term Both the House and Senate are in Recess this week. The CFPB is expected to announce a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for it long awaited small dollar lending rule on June 2nd The Fed is expected to announce a NPRM for its insurance capital standards rules on June 3rd Further […]

The Week in Review Before breaking for Memorial Day on Friday, lawmakers in both chambers tried to clear the decks on bipartisan measures with mixed success. In the House, a rewrite of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 2576) – which governs regulations for toxins used in the manufacture of consumer products – was […]

Both chambers are leaving Washington today ahead of a weeklong recess in honor of Memorial Day. Yesterday, both the House and Senate experienced frustrations in their attempts to advance legislation before the holiday. House lawmakers from both parties objected to amendments added to the Water-Energy Development spending bill (H.R. 5055), ultimately leading to the measure’s […]

As lawmakers in both chambers prepare to break for the Memorial Day recess, the House plans to pass the fiscal 2017 Energy and Water Development spending bill (H.R. 5055) that would fund Energy Department and Army Corps of Engineers programs. The bill contains controversial amendments from both parties, including one that would bar the government […]

Appropriations, defense policy, Washington D.C.’s budget, and catfish inspections are the focus of floor action in Congress today.  In the House, lawmakers will be working through amendments to the fiscal 2017 Energy and Water development spending bill. The $37.4 billion appropriations bill (H.R. 5055) would fund the Energy Department, the Army Corps of Engineers, and […]

The House is teeing up a pair of votes on a toxic chemicals overhaul and a measure to exclude certain pesticides from permitting requirements, before spending the rest of the afternoon debating the fiscal 2017 Energy and Water Development spending bill (H.R. 5055). The rewrite of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (H.R. 2576) – […]

Our Take If all goes according to plan, this week the House Resources Committee is expected to mark-up legislation to resolve the Puerto Rico fiscal crisis this week.  While the entire process is extremely fragile, assuming that the bill can survive the mark-up, it could be on the House floor as early as the week […]

The Week in Review Even without a budget resolution, the House passed the first of its fiscal 2017 appropriations bills last week, as well as this year’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a bill transferring Ebola funds to fight the Zika virus. On Wednesday, House lawmakers approved the $610.5 billion spending […]

This week, the Senate is set to power through their version of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as the House revises a 40-year old law regulating toxic chemicals used in manufacturing and tries to come to an agreement on legislation to help Puerto Rico restructure its $70 billion debt.

Cloture votes on three Zika-related amendments are due in the Senate today as lawmakers decide on the amount of funding to be allocated towards fighting the virus and whether there will be a budgetary offset to pay for the package. Democrats favor funding President Obama’s full $1.9 billion request without any coinciding cuts or offsets […]

This week, the Senate moves on to debate a combined Transportation-HUD and Military Construction-VA spending bill that will include debate over provisions for battling the Zika virus, while the House plans for extensive floor debate on the fiscal 2017 edition of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).