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Point of Order is a (mostly) weekly preview of key congressional activity for those with more than a passing interest in federal policy.
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Protect College Sports Act on the Senate Floor This Week, Flock Hearing in Senate Judiciary (opens the original)
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Point of Order is a (mostly) weekly preview of key congressional activity for those with more than a passing interest in federal policy.The Senate may leave early: Only one week remains in the current Senate work period, and legislative action is unlikely on any of the major remaining legislation. With the House already out, the Senate could follow after completing its work this week. It seems likely that’ll happen. If the Senate decides to Irish exit out of DC, Point of Order won’t publish agai
Senate to Consider Clarity Act, House Expected to Take Up Russia Sanctions (opens the original)
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Point of Order is a (mostly) weekly preview of key congressional activity for those with more than a passing interest in federal policy.Schedule and suspensions in the House: The House returns today at 2:00 pm for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 pm. The House will also be in session on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The last votes for the week are currently expected on Thursday. Seventy-one (71) bills are expected to be considered under the suspension of the rules (li
The House Is Back, Short-Term Funding Bill on the Agenda (opens the original)
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Point of Order is a (mostly) weekly preview of key congressional activity for those with more than a passing interest in federal policy.Let’s level set for a moment: The House is back this week, and the most pressing legislation of consequence is the Senate-passed short-term funding patch to keep the government open through December 11. That bill is H.R. 6500, and it’ll come to the House floor on suspension, either today or tomorrow. Yeah, the House passed a budget resolution,
Senate Rushes to the August Recess, With CR and Blanche Nomination Likely on the Floor (opens the original)
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Point of Order is a (mostly) weekly preview of key congressional activity for those with more than a passing interest in federal policy.We have a CR in the Senate: The Senate returns at 3:00 pm today. A roll call vote is scheduled at 5:30 pm on the cloture motion for the motion to proceed to the vehicle for the continuing resolution (CR), H.R. 6500. The CR released by the Senate Appropriations Committee would fund the federal government through Friday, December 11. The text for Division A
With the House in Recess, Senate Agenda Includes Clayton Nomination, Government Funding, and Russia Sanction (opens the original)
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Point of Order is a (mostly) weekly preview of key congressional activity for those with more than a passing interest in federal policy.All eyes on the Senate: The Senate returns at 3:00 pm. A roll call vote is expected at 5:30 pm on the cloture motion for the nomination of John Clayton to serve as the Director of National Intelligence. The expectation is that Clayton will get through the procedural vote and tomorrow’s confirmation vote on a party-line or close to party-line vote. There was some
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