Congress Last Week
NDAA in House, almost in Senate
Daily Digests: M 7/10 (PDF) • T 7/11 (PDF) • W 7/12 (PDF) • Th 7/13 (PDF) • F 7/14 (PDF) — Committee Reports
Senate
Digest — Monday, 7/10/2023 • Floor Log
Digest — Tuesday, 7/11/2023 • Floor Log
Digest — Wednesday, 7/12/2023 • Floor Log
VP Harris matches record for tie-breaking Senate votes as vice president, ties Calhoun’s 191-year-old record for breaking Senate ties (Vote) • Will the Federal Government Force Transgender Ideology on Employers?
Digest — Thursday, 7/13/2023 • Floor Log
Digest — Friday, 7/14/2023
House — Bills
Digest — Monday, 7/10/2023
Digest — Tuesday, 7/11/2023
House Passes Slate of Bipartisan Financial Services Legislation (H.R. 2622–Floor Debate, H.R. 1548–Floor Debate, H.R. 1096–Floor Debate)
Daily Digests: W 7/12 • Th 7/13 • F 7/14
House passes Defense bill (H.R. 2670) • House Republicans Vote to Defend Our Nation • NDAA narrowly passes House with controversial, 'culture war' amendments, House GOP Passes Defense Bill With Abortion Restrictions • House votes to end Pentagon abortion travel policy through defense spending bill (Jackson Amendment) • Administration strongly supports underlying bill
Military — Committees: Senate, House
GAO: DOD Financial Management: Efforts to Address Auditability and Systems Challenges Need to Continue
Conservatives Urge Senators to Oppose Gen. Brown for Chairman of Joint Chiefs
CRS: Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
Foreign Policy — Committees: Senate, House
Venezuela: Illicit Financial Flows and U.S. Efforts to Disrupt Them • Venezuela’s Natural Gas: Questions Endure
Senators reintroduce bill to prevent U.S. president from leaving NATO (S.J.Res. 37)
CRS: Australia: Background and U.S. Relations
Constitution
House Republicans introduce election reform bill (H.R. 4563), in Georgia, the heart of the fight, say bill will bolster voter confidence warn left will attack it • GOP Bill Would Penalize States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote in State, Local Elections • bill heads to House floor
Fourth Amendment
GOP Rep. Gaetz introduces resolution urging Congress to not renew surveillance tools (H.Res. 577)
Immigration
CRS: Central American Migration: Root Causes and U.S. Policy
Trade
CRS: WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Tax Policy — Committees: House, Senate, Joint
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Letter Seeks Crypto Industry Comments for Taxation Policy
Federal Spending — Committees: House (Bills), Senate (Bills) — FY 2024 bills, table
Federal debt explodes by $1 trillion in five weeks since deal suspending limit became law
Republicans take aim at climate funds in spending bills
Conservatives would vote against appropriations bills above FY 2022 levels
GAO: Federal Budget: Government-Wide Inventory of Accounts with Mandatory Spending, Fiscal Years 2001–2021
Anti-spending fervor may not apply to Member pay raise
CRS: Legislative Branch Appropriations: Frequently Asked Questions
CBO: Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032
Monetary Policy — Committees: House, Senate
Top House Republicans demand information from Fed Board about Silicon Valley Bank failure
Executive — Committees: House, Senate
Probe opened into FBI targeting of House Intelligence committee staffers during Russia probe
GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Disarm Federal Bureaucrats (H.R. 4416, S. 1949)
Secret Service declines to honor White House cocaine docs records request • Unsolved Mystery: Secret Service Throws In The Towel On Investigation • Boebert says after Secret Service briefing drugs discovered three times at White House since 2022
GAO: Federal Real Property: Preliminary Results Show Federal Buildings Remain Underutilized Due to Longstanding Challenges and Increased Telework
Supreme Court
CRS: Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Consideration in Admissions to Harvard and the University of North Carolina
Senate Democrats Ramp Up Campaign to Discredit, Control Supreme Court • Schumer endorses
Justice — Punishing Evil, Praising Good (Romans 13:3-4; 1 Peter 2:14)
Transnational Organized Crime: Actions Needed to Enhance Management and Capabilities of the Watchlist Program
Commerce Policy — Committees: Senate, House
CRS: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Issues for the 118th Congress • Senators say adding flights to National Airport could slow FAA bill • FAA bills would launch drones to fight wildfires
CRS: Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality • Post-Wildfire Debris Flows: Federal Role in Assessment and Warning
U.S. House and Senate Introduce Credit Card Competition Act (S. 1838, H.R. 3881) • Small Businesses Support • Could benefit Big-Box stores
Tax preparers shared personal data with Meta, Google: Senate report
House Dems insist oil ban is in native tribe’s best interest despite its leaders saying otherwise
CRS: Housing Supply: Recent Trends and Policy Considerations, • The U.S. Housing Underbuilding Gap
Health Care Policy — Committee: Senate
GAO: Indian Health Service Needs to Improve Use of Data on Adverse Events
GAO: Regenerative Medicine: Therapeutic Applications, Challenges, and Policy Options
Technology Policy — Committee: House
Senators grapple with response after first ever classified briefing on AI
Congress — Committees: House, Senate
Evidence-Based Policymaking: Practices to Help Manage and Assess the Results of Federal Efforts
‘Stop demonizing government,’ 20-year veteran Senate chaplain urges
How Marc Molinaro went from teenage mayor to key vote in Congress
Committee Activity — Bills active in Committees, Subcommittees
Republicans join Democrats in advancing funding bills out of Senate panel (S. 2321, S. 2309, S. 2302)
Senate panel adds language blocking gas stove ban to appropriations bill (S. 2309)
Bill that could close Hong Kong trade offices in US advances in Senate (S. 490, Related: H.R. 1103)
US Senate committee votes to approve key FCC nominee Anna Gomez (Meeting, Video)
U.S. Senate Committee passes resolution recognising Arunachal Pradesh as integral part of India (S.Res. 75, Related: H.Res. 540)
US Senate panel rips into Saudi involvement in PGA Tour-LIV Golf tie-up (Hearing, Statements, Video)
Senate panel to consider Supreme Court ethics package, Thursday, 7/20 (S. 359, Meeting: Executive Business)
Pro-Life Advancements in House Committee • House Republicans push for abortion restrictions
Special thanks to Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart; Rep. Smith applauds pro-life protections in FY2024 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill • US congressional committee approves $2.5 million budget to fight antisemitism (Related: Statement) • House Dems Slam Plan To Cut Funding to North Korean, Chinese, and Iranian Research Labs
NIH's Fauci, Collins heavily shaped COVID origins paper that downplayed lab leak: House report
House panel advances funding bill with deep cuts to health bureaucracies (Meeting, Statement, Docs)
House seeks FBI record on Biden family China deal as White House Fights to Strip Tough-On-China Provisions From Annual Defense Spending Bill
Republicans looks to slash $1 billion in FBI funding amid politicization concerns • FBI chief Wray defends against US House Republicans' accusations • Three Key Questions FBI Director Wray Refused to Answer Under Oath (Meeting, Docs, Video)
Mexican Drug Cartels Operating at ‘Industrial Scale,’ House Panel Is Told (Meeting, Docs)
4 Takeaways From Climate Czar John Kerry’s House Hearing (Docs, Hearing)
House Oversight subcommittee to hold hearing on Biden’s home appliance crackdown next week (Hearing, Docs)
RFK Jr. to testify in House hearing on censorship (7/20 Hearing)