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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.
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Last Congress, Scalise had regular opportunities to ask about Democrats' agenda during floor colloquies. Now the shoe’s on the other foot.
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
panel, formed in January 2019, had issued a set of 97 recommendations before the pandemic struck, and several of them focused on infusing congressional processes with technological tools, streamlining schedules
remotely or in person is made on an office-by-office basis, though congressional leaders have encouraged members to limit the number of staff working at the Capitol campus and to use staggered and rotating schedules
p> It would also bar any sort of limitations on those employees speaking with FAA inspectors and prevent FAA employees from receiving financial incentives or awards related to aircraft certification schedules
Alabama Republican Bradley Byrne credited his team for pitching in wherever they’re needed, as the coronavirus continues to scramble schedules and priorities.
Public transit modes in Washington, Virginia and Maryland are operating on extremely reduced schedules and schools remain closed, which may cause staff to remain working from home despite the Senate
Hoyer, D-Md., told members Tuesday that they should keep their schedules “very flexible.”
“I would urge you to keep your schedules very flexible,” the Maryland Democrat said in a “Dear Colleague” letter.
But the upside of working at home is they are getting to more time with their families than their congressional schedules would usually allow.
Stay loose: Republican senators were told by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday to keep their schedules flexible for the end of next week when they might take up impeachment.
Republican senators were told by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at a lunch Thursday to keep their schedules flexible for the end of next week, when they are supposed to leave Washington for a weeklong
“You’ve just blown up everybody’s schedules,” ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., shouted after Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., unexpectedly gaveled the committee out.
There are also tight timeline goals for serving patrons, to make frequenting the dining room a more attractive option for lawmakers with packed schedules.
Members say their schedules have become so hectic and compressed that the courtesy, which the committee has extended for years, is needed.
The work will begin Sept. 10, when the Defense and the Labor-HHS-Education subcommittees advance their respective bills, according to public schedules.
But the date proposed by lawyers for both the California Republican and the government could change based on court schedules and the status of appeals.
Senate schedules debate on 9/11 victims compensation bill -
Instead, he said, it was a regular D.C. luncheon fundraiser; the congresswoman typically schedules two to three per month, he added.
The project is subject to review by the Appropriations Committee, including plans, cost estimates and schedules, which are expected later this summer.