The Senate passed its version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The House and Senate versions of the bill differ in several respects and must be reconciled.
Washington — The House narrowly approved a stopgap measure Tuesday to keep the government funded through September, with Speaker Mike Johnson managing to largely keep his GOP conference united and pass the measure days ahead of a possible government shutdown. The House passed the bill in a 217...
Senate Passes House Patent Reform Bill (H.R. 1249) — President Now Expected to Sign!Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff
House Speaker Louise Stutes, in announcing the House floor cancellation earlier in the day, said the House had completed its work. The Kodiak Republican said in a statement that legislative rules bar concurrence the same day the other chamber passes legislation and that there was no...
“This Republican shutdown bill does nothing to enhance the American dream. It undermines it,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said ahead of the vote. Democratic leaders in the Senate generally seemed to be emphasizing patience at this stage and were waiting to see if Repu...
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Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring group health plans to provide coverage for mental illnesses comparable to that for physical illnesses. The House bill, though, differs substantially from one passed previously by the Senate, whi
The Senate is on track to vote on the House’s debt ceiling bill Thursday night. A time agreement for 11 amendment votes and final passage has now been agreed to by all 100 senators. All the votes are expected to fail other than the final passage of the bill. After the final bill...
Senate passes bipartisan energy bill; partisan House bill awaitsThe Senate passed a modest energy bill Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, but it now must be meshed with a GOP-crafted House energy bill that contains controversial provisions certain to face strong opposition from Senate Democrats...