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Still on schedule are primaries in West Virginia, Idaho, Oregon, Nebraska and Georgia. Oregon uses only mail-in ballots and has no in-person voting, so it is the least likely to be disrupted.
[COVID-19 diagnoses force leaders’ hands on schedule, alternative voting procedures] Porter pointed to the double standard of Congress and health officials asking schools, businesses and local
Some additional arguing between the parties took place before Schumer was able to get the recognition he was seeking to ask McConnell about the voting schedule for the afternoon.
Democrats say the directives set an aggressive schedule for unions to bargain and limit the time unions have to perform official duties “by over 91 percent in some cases,” the bill says.
Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan schedule a Thursday news conference in Youngstown with five local leaders.
“We probably could have voted on this bill a day or two ago, if not for the need to schedule this amendment.” The Senate rejected the Paul amendment following a 3-95 vote.
The Senate is scheduled to convene today to consider expiring FISA powers as well as an economic stimulus package related to COVID-19.
Schedule up in the air The Senate was expected to reconvene Monday to consider Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation (HR 6172), but the chamber’s schedule was up in the air for the rest
While tax credits to defray the cost are helpful, many businesses would still suffer because they’d get reimbursed only quarterly for wages paid on their normal schedule.
House leaders have not made an announcement about that chamber’s schedule.
Grassley of Iowa told reporters that he needs support from 25 Senate Republicans to convince McConnell to schedule a vote on a bipartisan Senate measure.
The House then undertook a punishing schedule of depositions and public hearings, including a roster of senior White House, Pentagon and State Department officials defying Trump’s orders and testifying
Weekend hours A trial will trigger an unusual Senate schedule, with the chamber in session six days a week starting at 1 p.m., excluding Sundays, unless senators vote to institute a different schedule
McConnell is sticking with his promise that the Senate will return to ordinary business while they wait for the House to send the impeachment articles, which means more nominations are on the schedule
Congress followed up in the 2018 farm bill, legalizing hemp by removing it from the federal government’s Schedule I controlled substances list, where pot remains even though a majority of states have
racehorse depreciation provision, included in the Senate version of tax extenders legislation but not Neal’s bill, would allow owners to depreciate thoroughbreds up to two years of age over a three-year schedule
The marathon hearing schedule will conclude Thursday morning with testimony from Fiona Hill, the former NSC senior director for Europe and Russia.
The schedule appears designed to be able to get in as much public testimony as possible before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Questions on court pick The other headline item on the Senate floor schedule is the potential confirmation of Steven J. Menashi to be a judge on the powerful New York-based 2nd U.S.
There’s also a full hearing schedule for the week, with FBI Director Christopher Wray and outgoing acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs