A 32-hour week? It could work for Congress, staff say
The vast majority decided to continue the reduced schedules after the study ended. Some Hill offices already dabble with shorter hours during slow periods. Aides for Rep.
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DEA, HHS finalize rule allowing telehealth drug treatment
Special registrations for providers who want to prescribe Schedule II drugs, which include stimulants, in addition to schedules III and V drugs, would only be intended for specialists like psychiatrists
Bad luck and a family matter: How a recent trip embodied Biden’s shaky term
There was no clear objective for the trip, and the schedules released by the White House were light on details.
So long, farewell: Departing senators say goodbye to speaking from the floor
Fellow senators, family members and staff alike have customarily paused from their schedules for many of these speeches.
Hotel MAGA-fornia: The sound and fury of Donald Trump in Washington — again
They traded work stories, sleep schedules and talked about football as they kept the intersections near the hotel safe.
Congress urged to shift billions to improve aging flight controls
The GAO report found that the FAA had challenges managing the cost and schedules of some of the improvement programs, sometimes taking years to develop baselines for cost and performance.
Critical spending decisions await Tuesday White House meeting
Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that senators should keep their schedules flexible as there is uncertainty about how the House will proceed this week.
Appropriations talks chug along; stopgap eyed as backup plan
And both chambers have tight schedules next week, the last before the first deadline.
Senate votes to keep government open amid wide gulf on spending
Given the holiday recess schedules this month and next, veterans of the appropriations process say realistically they have about three weeks in late November and early December to reach a bicameral framework
GOP senators criticize Israel envoy nominee over work on Iran deal
The committee has a tradition that the chairman only schedules confirmation votes with the consent of the ranking member.
Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail
Clark’s office advised members to "keep their schedules flexible," including for possible weekend votes.
McCarthy: No deal yet, but debt limit meeting ‘productive’
"He told us to have our schedules flexible, which he’s said countless times," Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R-Okla., said after leaving a Monday afternoon meeting with McCarthy and other
Congress · 118th Congress
Republicans say in-person Congress will help bipartisanship; not everyone agrees
With multiple committee assignments, lawmakers can be torn between clashing schedules or stuck in meetings that drag into the night.
Congress · 118th Congress
Schedules and snipes: The colloquy tradition rolls on
Last Congress, Scalise had regular opportunities to ask about Democrats' agenda during floor colloquies. Now the shoe’s on the other foot.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Closing time
“Campaign schedules that used to be blasted to email inboxes are kept private, leaving reporters to dig like detectives just to figure out where a candidate will show up,” the Times says.
Congress · 117th Congress
Thank goodness it’s fly-out day: Proxy voting rises when Congress smells jet fumes
Deconflicting schedules for lawmakers, who typically work in Washington Tuesday through Thursday, has been a special topic of interest for the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Congress · 117th Congress
Restaurant, small-business aid bill vote expected next week
But they both acknowledged Wednesday they’re still not yet there and probably won’t be able to firm up whip counts until Schumer officially schedules the bill for floor action.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
A campaign trail transformed: ’22 is starting to look more normal
fundraising The inside-the-Beltway fundraising scene, which has slowly been coming back since last spring, has begun to boom again with in-person festivities, according to lobbyists and party committees’ schedules
Policy · 117th Congress
In wildfire ‘pivot,’ experts question federal focus
“The WUI is ever-expanding as people are allowed with more flexible work schedules to move out to the woods,” Prichard said. “It is a big concern that people are living in harm’s way.
Policy · 117th Congress
Abortion fight in states picks up as legislative sessions begin
State legislatures, which often have more limited schedules than Congress, began returning this month.