House Committee Schedule

Monday — July 30, 2018

VA Long-term Care: Whats Working, Whats Not, and How to Best Serve Our Aging Veterans.
Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Veterans' Affairs)
Field Hearing in Camarillo, California

Source: House.gov

Senate Committee Schedule

Tuesday, Jul 31, 2018

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
Hearings to examine the internet and digital communications, focusing on the impact of global internet governance.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on decreasing administrative spending.

Judiciary
An oversight hearing to examine immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts.


Wednesday, Aug 1, 2018

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider

Senate Floor Schedule

Program for Monday: Senate resumes consideration of the nomination of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and votes on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination at 5:30 p.m.

Senate began consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

Congressional Outlook

Committee Activity

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Brings Banking Panel to Boiling Point

USA Gymnastics, FBI Targets of Latest Senate Hearing on Sexual Abuse

House moves forward on ethanol reform, but no bill yet

Facebook, Twitter executives to appear before Senate Intel panel as part of Russia investigation: Report

Floor Outlook

The Senate Calendar Is Not Updated to Reflect Cancelled Recess

Burr to Hold Up Water Bill, Slow Others, for Conservation Fund

After High Hopes in Senate, a Pit Stop for Spending Package

After House bolts for summer, Senate plows ahead on nominations, spending bills, and a hearing on Russian bots

Congress Last Week

Weekly Digest of the Congressional Record

Floor Activity Headlines

House Suicide Hotline Bill Could Lead to 3-Digit Dial Code

Senate Confirms Robert Wilkie to be Veterans Affairs Secretary

House Backs Plan for John Adams Memorial

House repeals ACA's medical device tax

Congress Passes Career and Technical Education Overhaul

House extends broke flood insurance program as GOP battles over reforms

House repeals Obamacare health insurance tax, expands Health Savings Accounts

House passes bills expanding health savings accounts

House passes defense bill targeting Chinese investments

Senate passes tariff-relief bill

House passes measure allowing purchase of feminine hygiene products with health spending accounts

Supreme Court Nominee Update

Kavanaugh: Court's Watergate Tapes Ruling May Have Been Wrong

Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh's Responses Reveal Views

Withdrawn Nomination Gives Democrats Hope in Brett Kavanaugh Fight

Senate Democrats Ask for Documents Before Kavanaugh Meetings

With Kavanaugh, Court Could Take Aim at Gun Control Laws