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Zero for October Given the pressure from the left, fueled by worries Republicans will control the Senate come January, there is but one question: Do advocates of a more aggressive confirmation schedule
Complicating everything is a truncated schedule in the House, with lawmakers out until Wednesday, at least for the moment.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy stated the obvious on Thursday when he noted that the chamber’s schedule for next week remains “fluid and subject to change.”
The Senate schedule for the rest of the year remains in flux, but the Senate calendar for 2019 is firmed out and generally lines up with the schedule outlined across the Dome by the new House Democratic
A scheduled Thursday afternoon Judiciary Committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination was always going to be the most significant event on the schedule.
In July, he told reporters he would not schedule a meeting with the Supreme Court nominee unless the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Judiciary Committee came to an agreement on releasing documents
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Regardless, appropriations leaders in the House and Senate have set a rigorous schedule, with the House panel’s first full committee markup expected May 8.
The speaker deferred to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who controls the House floor schedule.
The budget pact would help the home state of the Kentucky Derby, among other equine-centric states, in another way: renewing a faster, three-year depreciation schedule for owners of race horses.
GOP leaders will also be under pressure to add funding flexibility for the military, including to help contractors stay on schedule for certain shipbuilding deliveries.
It was not listed as one of the topics for breakout policy sections, according to a schedule of events.
“They’re in charge of the schedule; they were in charge of giving us the dates for the retreat, etc. etc. etc. We don’t control any of that,” he said.
House members were told to stay flexible on their schedule as efforts to avoid a government shutdown continued in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Bottom row from left, Rep.
with the Democrats, temporarily delayed the Senate’s departure by taking the unusual step of publicly objecting to the effort by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to set the next day’s schedule
“Majority Leader McConnell has told us that he will uphold his commitment to schedule and support the legislation,” they said in a Dec. 20 statement.
The discussions on the schedule, which the lawmakers say are not yet final, is a testament to how much the chamber still has to accomplish before the year’s end and the looming political battle over
McConnell did not mention the ticking clock on DACA at all on Tuesday when laying out the Senate schedule for September.
He said he offered to schedule a separate time to meet with the constituents who had requested the town hall.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the September schedule, which included several bills that are part of the GOP’s “A Better Way” plan, reflected a desire from members to provide a down payment