S. 870: A bill to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs . Because the House made changes (adding in a significant amount of legislative text dealing with nuclear power), the bill goes back to the Senate for agreement before it can be sent to the President for signing ..read more

H.R. 4143: National Construction Safety Team Enhancement Act of 2023 which would expand the purview of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to investigate structural failures in objects besides buildings, passed ..read more

H.R. 7525: Special District Grant Accessibility Act , which would require the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on how federal agencies should recognize special districts, e.g.regional districts, for the purpose of being eligible to receive federal financial assistance, passed ..read more

H.J.Res. 98: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to “Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status” because veto overrides require 2/3rds majority ..read more

H.J.Res. 109: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to “Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121” , which would kill an SEC regulation that would require disclosure by companies on their balance sheets when they hold their customer’s cryptocurrency assets, passed ..read more

H.R. 2925: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 H.R. 6192: Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act ..read more

, which would add a citizenship question to the Decennial Census and limit apportionment of House seats to only population counts of citizens, passed ..read more

Unlike in the House, the Senate does not publish a handy list of all the legislation they expect to consider on the floor. At most, they tell you . It's not uncommon for the Senate to pass legislation before it's publicly available. In fact, sometimes the only way to know what they've done is to read about it the next day in the . So keep on your toes ..read more

Committees of the House of Representatives is where much of the real action will take place, with set for the lower chamber this week. Once again, the Appropriations Committee leads the pack with 16 hearings scheduled --- the House is trying to move forward rapidly on making its spending decisions. Many appropriations hearings will feature big shots from the administration. This is where a lot of lawmaking actually happens ..read more

Eight bills are lined up for floor consideration "pursuant to a rule," which means the House Rules Committee will have to favorably report a resolution that governs how the underlying measures are considered on the floor. That happened on Monday, and you can read the bills and any amendments the rules committee considered before favorably reporting them to the floor. It's interesting that the House Rules Committee is back in business after the defection of several Republicans had Democrats step in to set up legislation for consideration on the floor ..read more