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Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined
Legislative Session
H.R. 3684 (Outline of S.Amdt. 2137) — Amendments
Senate rejects measure to restart border wall
Unanimous Consent
Senate passes bill to award congressional gold medal to Capitol Police
Senate declined to require inflationary impact statements in committee reports
Senate declined to confirm two DHS nominations
National Security
Top House Dems to Biden: Close Guantanamo 'once and for all'
AUMFs Are Overdue for Repeal
Foreign Policy
Congress must fix UNRWA’s Hamas problem
Second Amendment
Senate Republicans Demand New Hearing for Biden ATF Nominee Over ‘Racist’ Remark
Biden's ATF nominee on shaky ground in Senate
Immigration
House GOP Bill Targets Border Crisis — H.R. 4828
Speaker Pelosi Supports Democrats Passing Immigration Reform Without GOP Votes
Tax Policy
Top Senate Democrat Targets Derivatives Investors in Tax Bill
Federal Spending
Treasury Department Invokes ‘Extraordinary Measures’ To Avoid Busting US Debt Ceiling
Infrastructure, bipartisan bill:
Infrastructure bill has landed, bumpy road remains • Senators introduce $1.2 trillion deal after weekend session • 9 Things to Know • CBO Score • bill adds $256 billion to deficit • Will the Funding Proposal Actually Work? • Factbox: What's in it • billions for broadband • Imposes Costs, Burdens on Broadband Providers • The Good and Bad of the Broadband Infrastructure Package • includes $1B for commission run by Manchin’s wife • Many Republicans mobilizing against • awful ‘infrastructure’ bill • Mike Lee: legislation spends $1.2 trillion; $550 billion refers to the new spending • Gives Feds Go-Ahead to Test Taxing Every Mile Americans Drive • Congress Continues Spending Spree • Amendment offered to block chemical tax • escalates climate change clash • Doom for Residential Natural Gas? • Needless Expansion in Subsidies • An Infrastructure Bill We Don’t Need • Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure push enters its final stage
Energy policy ≠ Infrastructure policy
Infrastructure, reconciliation bill:
Senate Energy panel's share
Monetary Policy
SEC chair calls for more power to regulate 'Wild West' of cryptocurrencies
Democrats not all on same page with inflation messaging
Executive
House Republicans Slam Treasury Secretary for Avoiding Oversight
Senate Banking Committee Republicans urge Biden to withdraw nominees who backed 'defunding' police • Democrats downplay HUD nominees’ retweets on defunding police
Trump’s Tax Returns Must be Released to Congress: Department of Justice • Trump objects • Asks Court Not To Release Tax Returns To Congress
Judiciary
The Right—and Wrong—path for new Judgeship Legislation
News on possible New Judgeships — S. 2535, H.R. 4885
Justice
Elizabeth Warren: Killing Babies in Abortion Protects the “Functioning of Our Democracy”
‘Truly The End Of Female Sports’: Athletes And Congresswomen Fight Transgender Takeover
Health Care Policy
Republicans on House Science Committee Urge Probe Into CCP Virus Origins • Wuhan Scientists Genetically Manipulated Coronavirus, Congressional Report Says
Pelosi’s Office Silent on Action to Determine Origins of COVID-19
Senate Republicans Release Contents of Redacted Fauci Email on Chinese Lab
Technology Policy
Senate tackles deepfakes • Portman, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Create Task Force at DHS to Combat Deepfakes — S. 2559
Education Policy
Senate mulls a path to universal pre-K
House Democrats’ attack on charter schools
Congress
Manchin 'can't imagine' supporting change to filibuster for voting rights
Representatives Go on Offensive Against Pelosi’s Mask Rule, Cite 27th Amendment. Will It Work?
AOC Shuns Pelosi’s Mask Mandate
Anger as top US Republican jokes about hitting Nancy Pelosi
Fully vaccinated Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19
Another Fully Vaccinated Member Of Congress Tests Positive For COVID-19
Committee Activity
Senate Education Committee Deadlocks on Biden’s Pick to Head Education Civil Rights Office
Senate panel advances Biden's ICE nominee
Senate panel advances first three spending bills
Senate report says agencies including Homeland Security and State have substandard cybersecurity measures
Kinzinger: Jan. 6 Committee Could Subpoena House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy • Jan. 6 panel's top staffer facing calls to resign
Floor Outlook
Senate
Republicans to refuse to vote for debt ceiling increase to allow massive spending increase — McConnell speech
Senate will, Lord willing, consider measure to revoke 2002 war powers in Iraq • Kaine says he has votes to pass Iraq War repeal in Senate
Senate Dems eye another vote this month on their stalled elections overhaul • before August recess
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