The rest of the week: The Senate will continue to move through confirming Trump’s nominations and moving towards overturning Biden-era regulations. THE LEADERSHIP SUITE House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole looks on during a House Rules Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2024. ...
And Republicans are responding to Trump's renewed talk of recess appointments by saying they're not going to have a recess until all of his Cabinet nominees are confirmed. That could take a while. In Trump’s first term, Republicans didn’t get all of his initial Cabinet confirmed until ...
Democrats said the two budgets, which will have to be reconciled after a two-week Congressional recess, cleared the way for health care, energy and education overhauls pushed by the new president. The Democrats said the budgets reversed what they portrayed as the failed economic approach of the...
Congress adjourned for a five-week summer recess on Friday without having approved emergency funding for the thousands of migrant children being detained at the border. The summer session of Congress came to a chaotic end as House Republicans worked for two days to muscle through a $694 million...
Washington —Congress returns this week from a Thanksgiving recess with a number of priorities to get through before the end of the year, while a deadline to fund the government looms over lawmakers. With the new Congress set to be sworn in on Jan. 3, lawmakers are pushing through a lis...
In 2021, Congress convened at 1 p.m. in a joint session and, because of both a prolonged recess due to the breach of the Capitol and multiple state objections, did not complete its work certifying the election until 3:39 a.m. on Jan. 7. ...
Analysis-Biden Travel, Congress Recess to Squeeze Debt Limit Timeline Even More More Reuters FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks marking National Small Business Week during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 1,...
Reports on the signing of the balanced budget and tax cut packages by President Bill Clinton on August 5, 1997 before the US Congress headed for a recess. Provisions in tax bill; Efforts by Congress to complete spending bills funding the government for fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997;...
In reality, a "recess" is a scheduled district or constituent work period during which House members serve the people of their district. Congress members report spending only 15% of their time with friends and family or engaging in personal time when in session. They report spending only 17%...
For example, just before adjourning for a two-week spring recess on March 26, Congress completed its work on one of President Bill Clinton's other major legislative objectives— systemic reform of the nation's education system. As enacted, H.R. 1804, also known as "Goals 2000: Educate ...