Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers

Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions declined

Includes late releases of Congressional Record issues from the prior week

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions passed, declined

Senate confirms Gruenberg as FDIC chair, two others to join board

Senate confirms new ambassador to Russia ahead of Zelensky address

Senate clinches deal on $1.7T government funding bill , breaks Title 42 logjam • Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package (H.R. 2617) • five key last-minute changes

Senator Leahy Farewell Address

House — Bills • Actions passed

Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley posthumously awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Zelenskyy delivers historic address to Congress, in 180 seconds • Zelensky to US lawmakers: ‘Your money is not charity’, tells Congress war aid can secure victory for Ukraine • Five biggest moments from address • Four key moments

House passes bill to make presidential tax returns public, requiring presidential tax audits (H.R. 9640)

House passes bill requiring equal pay for Team USA athletes (S. 2333)

Hoyer touts 'psychology of consensus' in final floor speech as majority leader (Full Speech)

Kevin McCarthy hammers omnibus bill, dings omnibus ‘pet projects’ in lengthy speech (H.R. 2617)

House ends 117th Congress by passing $1.7 trillion funding package

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

Biden signs short-term bill to keep government open (H.R. 1437)

Bill awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Americans held in Iran hostage crisis heads to Biden's desk

Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined

Democrats block GOP proposal to freeze federal spending until 2023 (S. 5244, Debate)

Senate rejects effort to cancel Biden charter school rule panned as 'burdensome' (S.J.Res. 60)

McConnell: Sanders Resolution on Yemen Would Strengthen Iran, Russia, and China (S.J.Res. 56)

Senate unanimously passes bill banning TikTok from government devices (S. 1143)

NDAA:
Biden pushes Congress to pass Manchin permitting reform bill opposed by liberals • Senate rejects Manchin’s energy permitting amendment to defense bill (S.Amdt. 6513) • Senate votes against reinstating troops kicked out over COVID-19 vaccine mandate (S.Amdt. 6526) • Senate passes sends $858 billion defense bill to Biden’s desk (H.R. 7776)

U.S. Senate confirms first Black woman to conservative-leaning 5th Circuit (65-31)

Senator Burr Farewell Address

Shelby delivers farewell speech on Senate floor (Full Speech)

Senator Toomey Farewell Address

Senate declines to protect Conscience rights, Lankford speaks on religious liberty (S. 401)

Schumer: Omnibus expected to include Electoral Count Act, Ukraine funding, CHIPS and Science Act implementation, PACT Act, “and more” (Full Speech)

House — Bills • Actions passed, declined

House holds moment of silence to mark 10th Sandy Hook anniversary (Moment of Silence)

House passes prison reform bill requiring updated security cameras to fight corruption (S. 2899)

House Democrats approve pathway for Puerto Rican statehood in final days of their majority (H.R. 8393) • AOC presides • bill sets vote on Puerto Rico political status

House approves removal of bust of Dred Scott decision author from Capitol, sending bill to Biden for signature (S. 5229)

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

No more ‘Tiger Kings’ • Bill restricting big cat ownership made famous by ‘Tiger King’ roars through Senate, heads to Biden (H.R. 263)

House, Congress sends same-sex marriage protection bill to Biden (H.R. 8404) • What's included


Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined

Senator Blunt Farwell

Senator Portman Farewell

House — Weekly Leader Colloquy • Bills • Actions passed

House GOP support decreases for same-sex marriage corruption • 39 Republicans backed the bill • Who are they? • House Republican support shrinks despite religious liberty amendment • 7 Republicans Changed Their Minds to vote against • 10 House Republicans flipped their votes (some decided to support) • Republicans Slam House-Passed Respect for Marriage Act

House passes annual defense bill (H.R. 7776) • In and out: The pet policies that survived inclusion in the $858 billion defense policy bill • bill allows military members access to abortion across state lines • Lawmakers agree to repeal military COVID injection mandate over Pentagon objections • Manchin permitting reform rider fails a second time

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined

U.S. Senate passes same-sex marriage bill (H.R. 8404) • with 12 Republicans • bill tramples faith • Democrats political reality • The GOP's drift • Mike Lee Outlines How Respect for Marriage Act Will Affect People of Faith

Senate votes to avert costly rail strike (80-15) • rejects two-month cool-off period (S.Amdt. 6503) • rejects proposal to give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave (H.Con.Res. 119) • Union leader says fight 'far from over' for paid sick leave • bill is rare rift between Democrats, unions • Republicans flirt with economic populism

Senate Democrats reject proposal to share more power

House — Weekly Leader Colloquy • Bills • Actions passed

House holds moment of silence for late-Rep. Donald McEachin

House passes bill to avert rail strike (H.J.Res. 100)

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers

Foreign Policy

Cotton backs Biden on shielding Saudi leader from Khashoggi lawsuit • Senate Democrat calls on Biden to hold Saudi crown prince 'accountable' after immunity decision

Senators urge Biden administration to give Ukraine advanced armed drones


Homeland Security

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on his party understanding the border: 'Not even close', Democrats 'absolutely' don't recognize the complexity of border challenge

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

Biden plans to sign first bipartisan medical marijuana bill into law (H.R. 8454)

Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined

Senators make deal on bill to codify Supreme Court's same-sex marriage corruption (H.R. 8404) • Fact-checking 7 claims by defenders of bill • Don't be fooled: bill does not protect religious objectors • Sen. Lankford spoke on the marriage bill and religious liberty and proposed amendments • Faith Leaders: 'Respect for Marriage Act' Attacks Religious Freedom • The needless act to 'protect' marriage • Senate votes to advance same-sex marriage bill with 12 Republicans voting yes and 37 Republicans voting no • Senate moves closer to passing same-sex marriage corruption bill • Republicans Can Still Reverse Course

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe bids farewell after 35 years in Washington (Full Speech: Sen. Inhofe Farewell to the Senate) •

Senate passed S.J.Res. 63, by a vote of 61-37, a joint resolution terminating the national emergency concerning COVID-19 declared by the President on March 13, 2020. • Biden gears up for fight against bipartisan push to end COVID-19 emergency

House — Bills • Actions passed

House passes bill to solve Civil Rights Cold Cases (S. 3655) •

Indiana Republican Rudy Yakym sworn into Congress to finish late Rep. Jackie Walorski's term

House passes bill prohibiting use of NDAs to silence sexual misconduct allegations (S. 4524)

'Enjoyed working with three presidents': Pelosi throws shade at Trump in address (Full Speech: Speaker Pelosi's Future Plans)

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers

Foreign Policy

Uncovering COVID-19’s origin must be a priority for the new Congress


Federal Spending

Manchin's call for Social Security, Medicare deal stokes GOP optimism


Executive

Bill seeks to strengthen presidential record keeping (H.R. 9278)

Biden asks for meeting with GOP leaders on inflation and war in Ukraine

Manchin comes out against Biden nominee for energy commission

Biden announces nominee Danny Werfel, Bush and Obama alumnus to be next IRS chief

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports


National Security / Military

Offshore energy battle looms over ‘must pass’ defense bill (H.R. 7900)


Foreign Policy

Coons, Portman visit Ukraine to ‘underscore broad support’ in Congress


Federal Spending

Manchin calls for deal on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid in new Congress


Executive

House Republicans call for resignation of Biden border chief

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers

Foreign Policy

Pelosi met Ukrainian officials in Croatia

Progressives urged Biden to push harder for Ukraine peace talks, negotiate with Russia to end war in Ukraine • Progressive Democrats undercut Biden’s Ukraine strategy, calling for diplomacy, citing cost of war, risk of nuclear weapons • Pelosi pushes back on the left on Ukraine aid • Progressive Caucus tries to clarify, 'didn’t consider election timing' • House progressives weigh retraction, withdraw letter, go on damage control • Progressives' Ukraine letter darkens Jayapal leadership prospects

Bipartisan group of lawmakers denounces guilty verdict of Hong Kong advocate Jimmy Lai

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

National Security / Military

Congress eyes cutting off foreign markets from US strategic reserve oil •The recent history of Congress using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a piggy bank

Congress sounds off on retired military leaders’ lucrative foreign contracts

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers

Senate — Actions begun, passed

Senate puts NDAA in its crosshairs (H.R. 7900) • Lawmakers bring Senate version of defense bill to the floor • Senate kicks off debate on massive defense bill, targets China, Russia • Chairman floor remarks, Ranking Member statement

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers

Foreign Policy

House Democrats propose end to US troop protection in Gulf after OPEC cut • Schumer rips Saudi Arabia over oil production cuts, rebukes Saudi Arabia for ‘cynical’ move • Durbin calls for US to 'imagine a world without' Saudi alliance • Sanders calls for US troop withdrawal • Murphy: US relationship with Saudis 'broken', 'There's got to be consequences'

Graham, Musk feud over invasion of Ukraine

Pray for Senate Majority Leader Schumer

For the second time this year, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, during session, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer has correctly referred to an unborn child as a “baby.”

In describing an Arizona law from the 1860s allowed to go into effect, he decried the result saying, “You have to carry the baby all the way to term.”

Weekly Congress Update

Daily Digests – House • Senate — Prayers — Committee Reports

Biden signs bill to honor Jackie Walorski (H.R. 8656)

McConnell blasts Manchin permitting bill as 'poison pill,' 'phony fig leaf' • Manchin asks Schumer to cut permitting from spending bill • Why • Schumer drops permitting reform, clears way for stopgap spending bill • Senate advances funding bill • White House hits GOP over removal • Time-crunched Senate passes, House passes, sends to Biden (H.R. 6833) • measure omits Manchin Clean Water Act proposal, COVID, monkeypox funds • includes more Alaska money, gun control

Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed, declined

Senate confirms US ambassadors to four countries

House — Weekly Leader Colloquy • Bills • Actions passed

House passes antitrust legislation targeting tech giants' power (H.R. 3843)

House passes bill addressing mental health concerns among students, families, educators (H.R. 7780)

9/11 victims bill passes House in last pre-election vote (H.R. 8987)

House debates, passes bill (S. 1198) that could [via §6320(b)(F)] promote September 2022 rule allowing publicly-funded abortion for veterans; rule violates law (P.L. 102-585, Section 106)