November 30, 2012
Senate 2013 Calendar – 113th Congress, First Session Convene – 113th Congress – Thursday, January 3 Inauguration – Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) February 18 – 22 State Work Period (Presidents’ Day February 18) March 25 – April 5 State Work Period (Passover March 26-27; Good Friday March 29; Easter March 31)… Read More
November 30, 2012
The House Republican Steering Committee yesterday named six new GOP members to serve on the House Appropriations Committee in the 113th Congress, including one of our own: Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3). Congratulations Congresswoman Herrera Beutler! Other new GOP members include: Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-3) Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) Rep. David Joyce (OH-14) Rep. Thomas… Read More
November 28, 2012
As the Los Angeles Times is reporting, three republican senators introduced an alternative version of the Dream Act on Tuesday that would give legal status for young immigrants brought to the US unlawfully as children. The effort, called the Achieve Act and launched by retiring senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) and… Read More
November 13, 2012
Congress returns to Capitol Hill today to kick off the lame-duck session. They are expected to work this week, break next week for Thanksgiving, and then return the last week in November for three more weeks. During this session lawmakers will tackle big issues including sequestration, taxes, and disaster aid – among other issues. Congress… Read More
October 3, 2012
Earlier today Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL), Chair of the House Research and Science Education Subcommittee, asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review “regulatory actions that hinder our nation’s research universities.” In his letter to GAO, the Chairman asked GAO to look at three general questions: What federal requirements, not limited to legislative mandates,… Read More
September 19, 2012
The Senate’s in at 10:00am and will continue work on a veterans jobs bill. A series of votes are possible. The chamber will recess from 12:30 to 2:15pm for weekly caucus lunches. Then, the senate will hold a procedural vote on the House-passed six-month continuing resolution to fund the government. The House is in at… Read More
September 14, 2012
Yesterday, the House easily passed a continuing resolution (CR) that the Senate will likely vote on next week. The House voted, 329-91, to back the CR (H J Res 117) that would fund government through March 27, 2013 at the discretionary limit set by last year’s deal to raise the federal debt ceiling (Budget Control… Read More
September 12, 2012
There is growing pessimism on Capitol Hill that Congress will be able to reach a deal to avert the automatic spending cuts, known as sequesters, before – or even after – the November election. The “Gang of 8”, a bipartisan group of senators, continues to work on a comprehensive deficit reduction plan that most likely… Read More
September 11, 2012
House Republicans have released a draft of their six-month continuing resolution (CR) that contains few policy riders and would increase spending slightly for most federal agencies by just over half a percent for the first half of FY2013. The House plans to vote on the CR (HJ Res 117) this Thursday, and would run through… Read More
September 10, 2012
Congress is back in session this week after the long August break and political party conventions. There are few legislative priorities on the agenda before Congress breaks again at the end of the month through the November elections. This week, the House will release and then vote on a six-month continuing resolution (CR) for FY2013,… Read More
