Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Nomination Hearing for Scott Pruitt, EPA (Jan. 18) First, an update on possible nomination votes: --Friday, Inauguration Day, the Senate will be in session for afternoon votes; they are expected to vote on—and...
Read more Congress is back, but it's a very different world. And everyone is scrambling, for different reasons. Lame duck? Maybe the lamest. Get anything accomplished? Hardly. No need to, not now. TPP gonna pass, the president's Trans-Pacific Partnership landmark trade initiative,...
Read more The US House of Representatives just passed S. 808, the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act. Passage came under the House suspension calendar, which needs a two-thirds vote from Members, so only those bills with broad support get on the calendar. Today's STB reform bill was no...
Read more Debate on the Ratepayer Protection Act is well underway. It won't last long--it's a "Structured" rule that allows only 7 amendments--and a vote is expected later this afternoon. (Editor's note: the bill passed late in the afternoon 247-180.) Recall, this bill is high...
Read more Springtime in Washington: Congress is busy, go figure. Yesterday the House finally passed their version of the long-awaited energy efficiency bill, the same one that started two Congresses ago. The bill of record is S 535, this year's Senate version of Portman-Shaheen, which has been...
Read more Congress is now on their annual two-week spring recess, but only after finishing up a rather productive week, at least for Congress. Both chambers passed respective budget resolutions, something that doesn’t happen every year—the Senate has passed a budget only twice in the last six...
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