House Committee Schedule

Monday — September 17, 2018

"Historic Leasing in the National Park System: Assessing Challenges and Building on Successes"
Committee on Natural Resources

Source: House.gov

Senate Committee Schedule

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine Fintech, focusing on digitization, data, and technology.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
Hearings to examine conflicts over ocean resources.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the implications of the reinterpretation of the Flores settlement agreement for border security and illegal immigration incentives.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on how transparency can lower spending and empower patients.

Armed Services
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
Closed hearings to examine interagency coordination in the protection of critical infrastructure.


Thursday, September 20, 2018

Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine blackstart and other system restoration plans in the electric utility industry.

Senate Floor Schedule

Program for Monday: Senate begins consideration of H.R. 6, Support for Patients and Communities Act, and S. 2554, Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act, and votes on or in relation to amendments to, and passage of the bills, at 5:30 p.m.

Congressional Outlook

Committee

Potential Fiscal Year Move Sows Discord on Select Budget Panel

Brett Kavanaugh: Senate judiciary panel will vote this month

Amazon, Apple, others to testify before U.S. Senate on data privacy September 26

Republican chairman says U.S. should do more to hold Russia accountable

Trump-backed bill to repair national parks advances in the House

US House Panel Backs Bill to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent


Floor Outlook

46 Republicans Call on Ryan, McCarthy to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

Key Players in FAA Conference Negotiations

FAA Authorization Still Grounded in Senate

Congress Last Week

Weekly Digest of the Congressional Record

Floor Activity Headlines

House votes to ban slaughter of dogs and cats for food

Senate confirms Charles Rettig as IRS commissioner

House votes to raise the profile of America's anti-Semitism envoy, a role Trump has yet to fill

House Passes America’s Water Infrastructure Act

Supreme Court Nominee Update

Kavanaugh Witnesses Frame Upcoming Confirmation Debate

Factbox: Kavanaugh's Supreme Court bid in hands of a few senators

Numbers Still Favor Kavanaugh's Confirmation to Supreme Court

Editorial: Republicans Can Win—But Only When They Try

Exclusive: More than 16,200 ads hit airwaves to sway Senate vote on Brett Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh Set to Advance Amid Democratic Objections

Brett Kavanaugh vote: Republicans block Democrats' demands for subpoenas, set date on Supreme Court nominee

Supreme Court justices condemn partisan treatment of nominee Brett Kavanaugh by senators