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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
Led by ranking member Bob Menendez of New Jersey, all committee Democrats signed on to two letters sent to Risch on Wednesday that protested his decision to schedule votes on nonurgent committee
United, however, backed away from an earlier plan to mandatorily cut hours Wednesday, saying it would instead ask employees to volunteer to reduce their working hours, with involuntary schedule cuts
[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
. | Stalling business: Republicans continued to bemoan impeachment proceedings Monday for stalling the Senate’s normal schedule of business, even though it’s unclear what major legislation — if any — is
“We do not believe that that schedule interferes with the ability to deliver a strong and confident State of the Union next week.”
McConnell, usually in complete control of the Senate’s schedule, doesn’t have the same power during impeachment.
“As I look through that kind of schedule, it’s — unless the House were to deliver something like right now, I don’t see how you could really do that.”
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
There has be no indication that McConnell intends to change the schedule, which calls for pro forma sessions only with no legislative business until after Labor Day.
The jostling between McConnell and Schumer over the schedule ahead of the July Fourth recess is the first time there has been a public expression of concern about significant and contentious votes
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who sets the floor schedule, tweeted Thursday that Barr “has the experience and is eminently qualified” and he expects he will be confirmed next week.