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Hoyer wants votes to run on strict schedule, but it’s easier said than done
House leaders want to enforce strict time limits on floor votes, but that is a lot easier said than done in the chamber.
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House to vote on HR 1 government overhaul, policing bill first week of March
To accommodate the time it will take to prepare the reconciliation package for floor action, Hoyer has adjusted the House schedule for next week, switching from a Monday-through-Thursday work week
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Small-business tax cuts eyed as sweetener for minimum wage boost
House schedule pushed back The reconciliation process has moved quickly up to now, but is starting to slow as lawmakers and staff scrutinize the emerging legislation.
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‘Quite a week,’ Pelosi says, previewing more to come
The California Democrat followed the remark with a preview of the upcoming congressional schedule that shows the daunting amount of work on lawmakers’ plates won’t go away anytime soon.
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Road Ahead: Budget markups, impeachment trial define week
Also on the schedule, the Senate will vote Monday on Denis McDonough’s nomination to be secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Why some Democrats are nervous about a $15 minimum wage
Biden’s schedule for phasing in the new wage would affect 28 states in the first year: the 21 that currently use the $7.25 minimum plus seven others with rates below the $9.50 per hour that would
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Democrats clear path for filibuster-proof coronavirus relief bill
In a letter to the rank and file on Friday, Pelosi wrote that it was her goal to keep the House on schedule to pass a bill by the end of this month.
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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to pause two Trump-era immigration cases
But President Joe Biden’s administration ordered a halt to both of those policies since his Jan. 20 inauguration, and his administration asked the Supreme Court to take the cases off the schedule
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Sweeping budget blueprint for pandemic aid readied for floor action
The schedule that is envisioned assumes just about everything goes as planned.
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Democratic leaders: Budget resolution up next week
The earliest the House could take up the reconciliation package under its current schedule is the week of Feb. 22. Paul M. Krawzak contributed to this report.
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Brain drain to Biden administration comes at time of crisis for Capitol Hill
Hoyer and the first Black woman to hold the powerful position of floor director, helping set the legislative schedule. Dodin worked for Senate Democratic whip Richard J.
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Warner quarantine could scramble Democrats’ plan for quick budget vote
A Schumer spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment on the Senate’s schedule.
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Democrats planning swift moves on budget resolution next week
Hoyer late Tuesday adjusted his chamber’s schedule, notifying lawmakers that the House’s session next week would potentially stretch into the weekend.
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Trump conviction unlikely after most GOP senators vote to dismiss impeachment trial
After Paul’s point of order was tabled, the Senate voted 83-17 to approve a pretrial schedule delaying oral arguments for two weeks to give House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team time
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Pelosi to send impeachment article to Senate on Monday
the impeachment article over to the Senate on Monday, the trial would start Tuesday, absent a unanimous consent agreement between Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to set a different schedule
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Impeachment trial arguments to begin week of Feb. 8
The chamber’s leaders were under pressure to reach a deal on the trial schedule after Schumer announced earlier in the day the House planned to send its article of impeachment charging Trump with incitement
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Democrats called for witnesses in first Trump impeachment trial, but not this time
Schumer and McConnell determine whether they can reach agreement on a trial schedule.
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Impeachment trial could knock Biden virus aid plan off course
Complicating matters further, the House is currently scheduled to be in session for committee work only during the first two weeks of March, though it’s conceivable that schedule could change.
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Delaying impeachment trial could benefit both parties
A unanimous consent agreement would be needed for the trial schedule to play out as McConnell has proposed.
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As House votes to impeach Trump, Democrats weigh options for Senate trial
Biden told reporters Monday that he reached out to the Senate parliamentarian to determine if there could be a “bifurcated” schedule in which the Senate splits its time between the impeachment trial and