Cloakroom: Tale of Two Priorities Edition
House Cloakroom: March 19 – March 23 Analysis: This week marks the second anniversary of the passage of a government takeover of our health care,… Read More
House Cloakroom: March 19 – March 23 Analysis: This week marks the second anniversary of the passage of a government takeover of our health care,… Read More
House Cloakroom: March 5 – March 9 Analysis: This week the House will take up legislation on a variety of issues. The JOBS Act is… Read More
House Cloakroom: February 6 – February 10 Analysis: This week the House the will consider legislation to sell off civilian property it owns, institute a… Read More
House Cloakroom: January 30 – February 3 Analysis: This week will be a busy week on the House floor. They will begin today by voting… Read More
Analysis: Over the weekend the Senate passed a two month extension of the payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance and SGR (the doc fix) along with… Read More
House Cloakroom: December 12 – December 16 Analysis: This week the House will take up two large year end packages. The first will be the… Read More
House Cloakroom: December 5 – December 9 Analysis: This week the House of Representatives will take up two major bills relating to regulations. The Regulations… Read More
This week the House will take up several regulatory reform bills. The Regulatory Accountability Act would increase the requirements an executive agency has to meet in the rule making process as well as expand judicial review of legislation. The House will also take up the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act that would prevent micro-unions. When the Senate returns from the Thanksgiving holiday this week they are expected to vote on an extension of the payroll tax cut.
House Cloakroom: October 31 – November 4 Analysis: This week the House will take up two bills to reduce regulations on capital. Additionally, the House… Read More
House Cloakroom: October 24 – October 28 Analysis: This week the House will take up two important changes to the tax code. The first would… Read More
Senate Cloakroom: October 17 – October 21 Analysis: This week the Senate will move to a large appropriations bill which will wrap several individual appropriations… Read More
House Cloakroom: October 10 – October 14 ‘ Analysis: The major issues facing the House this week will be three free trade agreements with Colombia,… Read More
House Cloakroom: September 26 – September 30 Analysis: The House was scheduled to be in recess this week. However, given the fight over the Continuing… Read More
House Cloakroom: September 19 – September 23 Analysis: The two major items on the House floor this week with be the Continuing Resolution and the… Read More
The White House and Congressional leaders announced yesterday that they had reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling and have released the details of that deal to the public. The major action in both the House of Representatives and the Senate this week will be the passage of the negotiated debt ceiling deal. Other action in the House this week include a hearing by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures on “Energy Tax Policy and Tax Overhaul.”
Next week will be a big week in the House for the fight over the debt ceiling increase. On Tuesday the House will vote on the cut, cap and balance plan that would reduce spending, enact a statutory spending cap and make an increase in the debt ceiling contingent on the passage of a balance budget amendment to the Constitution. On Friday the House will vote on that balance budget amendment. These will be major votes as the administration’s stated August 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches.
The House will begin its week on Monday by considering amendments to the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. They will then move to the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, which will rescue incandescent light bulbs from a congressional ban on their production that will soon go into effect. One the table for the remainder of the week are a bill to reform the federal flood insurance program, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act, the Financial Services Appropriations bill and potentially a reauthorization of the FAA.
The Senate will convene Monday at 2:00pm; however, there will be no votes that day. On Tuesday This week, the Senate will begin debate on 3 more judicial nominations, James Michael Cole of the District of Columbia to be Deputy Attorney General, Virginia A. Seitz of the District of Columbia to be Assistant Attorney General and Lisa O. Monaco of the District of Columbia to be Assistant Attorney General. The votes on these nominations will take place at noon. From there the Senate
The House will likely consider four bills this week. The Patent Reform BIll will come up after being pulled from the floor the previous week. … Read More
House Cloakroom: June 13-17 Analysis: The House returned from a weeklong recess today and began legislative business. Completing work on the Military Construction and Veterans… Read More
