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Questions around the physical security of the Capitol complex – for which the architect is partly responsible – in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack, as well as ongoing projects, like the over-budget and behind-schedule
Colloquies don’t often stay focused on the schedule for long, though, as the two parties’ seconds-in-command exchange snipes and delve into a wide range of timely policy issues.
The bill’s removal from the schedule came after several false starts and postponements, an early indication that support within the Democratic Caucus was less than a sure bet.
He said ahead of Schumer’s timing announcement that senators were trying to work out a schedule with some predictability and get an agreement to shorten the 20 hours of debate to move more quickly to the
But on those measures, Democrats could ultimately schedule floor votes and pass them with simple majority votes, as they did with the VA measure.
legislation to address growing mental health and substance use needs this year as deadlines approach, but the issue is competing for attention with other national priorities in a compressed election-year schedule
A third witness recalled specific days in which Jeanie asked him — during official work hours — to help her move furniture or schedule personal virtual meetings.
In floor remarks on next week’s schedule, Hoyer said he could bring the reconciliation package up, along with a separate Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill, “if they’re ready.”
The justices can control when that happens, either as quickly as putting it on their schedule, or as slowly as putting it on the docket for the next term that starts the following October.
Hoyer said if the debt limit and continuing resolution aren’t dealt with this week, his chamber may need to revise the schedule that currently calls for no floor votes next week.
“Yes, it’s a tight schedule, but I think most probably more it has to do with politics and the fact that you’re going to have the Senate vote again on another budget resolution, and that budget resolution
I know I expect to be on the phone with a lot of people during that time — whenever that August break is,” Leahy said, alluding to the somewhat opaque Senate floor schedule.
Timmons said in an interview that he looks forward to some of the other issues the committee plans to tackle, like better managing members’ time by creating new ways to schedule hearings or take
Ryan said remote committee meetings could have a lasting impact in the House, especially if the schedule changes implemented during COVID-19 persist, under which entire weeks are dedicated to committee
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
Also on the schedule, the Senate will vote Monday on Denis McDonough’s nomination to be secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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
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
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
Schumer and McConnell determine whether they can reach agreement on a trial schedule.