Senate — Daily Leader Remarks • Actions begun, passed
Schumer endorses resolution to ratify Equal Rights Amendment, cites overturning of Roe as a reason (S.J.Res. 4, USCCB PDF)
McConnell endorses Capito's resolution to codify the Trump Administration's repeal of the Waters of the United States EPA rule (S.J.Res. 7), commends energy security priority of House (H.R. 21)
McConnell notes Biden judicial nominee flubs basic legal questions (Full Speech)
Senate commemorated the 20-year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia loss; Died: 7 astronauts, 2 during debris search
House — Bills • Actions passed
House passes bill to block HHS from enforcing vaccine mandate at some health facilities (H.R. 497, Floor Debate)
House Republicans pass bill to end COVID-19 public health emergency (H.R. 382, Floor Debate)
House passes resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency (H.J.Res. 7, Floor Debate)
House passes bill to end coronavirus-era telework policies for executive agencies (H.R. 139, Floor Debate)
These House lawmakers broke from their parties on pandemic-related measures (H.R. 139, H.J.Res. 7)
House Republicans vote to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs panel (H.Res. 76, Floor Debate) •
House passes resolution denouncing socialism, vote splits Democrats (H.Con.Res. 9, Floor Debate) • Dems press GOP on whether anti-socialist bill could hit Medicare, Social Security • 86 House Democrats Vote Against Condemning Socialism
National Security / Military
Warner and Rubio together call for document oversight for national security
Democrat says booting Schiff, Swalwell from Intel committee 'hurts our national security
'Chinese spy balloon' spotted over Kansas, senator says • Rep. James Comer blasts Biden on Chinese balloon, speculates if it could be 'bioweapons' • ‘Unacceptable’: Hakeem Jeffries blasts Chinese balloon’s ‘incursion’ into US airspace • Rubio calls spy balloon a ‘wake up’ call on China • Hawley calls for investigation of Biden’s 'baffling response' • Jon Tester, vulnerable Democrat, joins GOP in blasting Biden response • The Chinese spy balloon is bad, but the Chinese spyware app is still worse
Top Armed Services Democrat: US military readiness a 'huge problem'
Foreign Policy
China urges McCarthy not to visit Taiwan
Republicans were urging Blinken, Yellen to press China on human rights, trade, aggression during trip until Blinken trip to China postponed over ‘unacceptable’ spy balloon
House committee leaders discuss surveillance balloon, U.S.-China tensions
Boris Johnson meets with lawmakers in Capitol lobbying to maintain support of Ukraine in its fight against Russia
McCarthy met with King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday
Second Amendment
Lawmakers launch battle to expand background checks
Fourth Amendment
Democrats call for probe into disclosure of taxpayer information to Facebook
Homeland Security
Spanberger: Congress must separate issues of immigration, border security
Budget
House GOP struggles over budget ideas
Federal Spending
Eyeing defense spending cuts, House GOP targets military ‘wokeness’
Yellen says there would be 'devastating' consequences if Congress fails to raise debt ceiling • McCarthy: 'There will not be a default' • McCarthy optimistic about agreement with Biden • McCarthy calls Biden memo on spending cuts, avoiding default ‘political games’ • Biden, McCarthy meet, White House aides envision a debt ceiling off-ramp • McCarthy leaves Biden meeting optimistic • Biden at National Prayer Breakfast: McCarthy and I will treat ‘each other with respect’ • House GOP grits its teeth for the 'big lift': A budget battle • Moderate House Democrats offer help to McCarthy, Biden on debt limit • House Dems eye discharge petition as escape hatch • Schumer: Biden unified with Democratic leaders against negotiating • Debt ceiling fight sets tone of Schumer relationship with McCarthy • Schumer: 'I think we'll win' • McConnell, Senate GOP happy to sit out debt limit talks — for now • McConnell accuses Schumer of hypocrisy • Twenty-four GOP senators warn they will oppose debt limit increase without fiscal reforms • Congress says no to gangs (so far), 'Not a gang discussion' • What Jerry Seinfeld’s 'Black Card' can teach lawmakers about the debt limit
GOP senators reintroduce bill to eliminate government shutdowns amid budget battles (S. 135)
Executive
Warner and Rubio: The press knows more about classified documents than Congress • McConnell defends Senate's 'reasonable' push for info on Biden classified documents • DOJ declines to release communication on Biden docs to House Judiciary • DOJ 'working' to share info on classified Trump, Biden docs with senators • Rubio knocks DOJ for shielding information on classified documents from Congress
Raskin asks Secret service for information on visitors at Trump, Pence homes
House GOP leaps headlong into divisive Mayorkas impeachment debate • Rep. Andy Biggs introduces articles of impeachment, second impeachment article (H.Res. 89 after H.Res. 8)
Durbin, bipartisan senators slam FDA's 'repeated failures' at vaping regulation
Republicans push resolution to repeal Biden Clean Water Act rule (S.J.Res. 7)
Lawmakers ask Biden to add drug czar to Cabinet
Five questions Congress must urgently (and again) ask the CIA
Judiciary
5 Things to Know About Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center, nominee for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals • No centrist senator could possibly approve
Supreme Court
More than 100 House Republicans file amicus brief on Biden student loan forgiveness
Lawmakers dissatisfied at Supreme Court leak probe running dry
Justice — Punishing Evil, Praising Good (Romans 13:3-4; 1 Peter 2:14)
Lankford, Thune Introduce Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 204, H.R. 26 in House)
Time for ‘national conversation’ on policing, Durbin says • Jordan: Legislation alone wouldn’t have stopped Nichols beating, Maxwell Frost hits back at Jim Jordan • Tyre Nichols death sparks long-shot push for police reform • funeral a 'plea for justice' and police reform • Tim Scott is pivotal figure • Kamala Harris calls on Congress to pass policing bill at Tyre Nichols's funeral (117th: H.R.1280) • Durbin says Booker, Scott should revisit police reform • Tim Scott: Resurrecting House Democrats' police reform bill a 'nonstarter' • Dems fret policing talks will be tangled with Tim Scott’s presidential hopes • Clyburn calls for Democrats to compromise • Graham floats potential compromise on qualified immunity, one of the key holdups in previous police reform negotiations: he doesn’t believe individual officers should have civil lawsuits filed against them, he does believe that police departments should face liability for the actions of their officers
Senators target cartels' online recruitment of teenage smugglers
McCarthy breaks with Greene on death of Ashli Babbitt • Trump splits with McCarthy
The Fraught World of Fertility Clinic Fraud (H.R. 451)
Corruption — Praising Evil, Punishing Good (Isaiah 5:20)
Senate Democrats look for way forward on marijuana banking bill (117th: S. 910)
Commerce Policy
Democrats and Republicans: Unite around abundance: reliable energy, affordable housing, new job creation
Manchin and Cruz team up on bill to protect gas stoves (S. 240)
Freshman Schmitt brings anti-ESG campaign to Senate
Senators raise pressure on Live Nation over ticketing industry monopoly
Agriculture Policy
2023 Farm Bill discussion highlights concerns about Mexico’s GMO corn import ban
Health Care Policy
Short- and long-term solutions to the healthcare affordability problem
Technology Policy
Democratic senator Bennet asks CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from app stores
Education Policy
Congressional Black Caucus celebrates Black History Month
Joyce Beatty reintroduces Black History is American History Act (H.R. 703)
Congress
Concerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over
Democratic senators form caucus for gun violence prevention
House Begins to Restore Deliberative Process
McCarthy says he’s forming bipartisan group to write lawmaker code of conduct following Omar vote
Democrats urge McCarthy to form select committee to combat antisemitism
Awaiting a Schumer-McCarthy summit
What these Freedom Caucus conservatives plan to do on House Rules Committee
Meet the Republican at the center of the House GOP’s investigations into Biden
Jim Jordan wields the gavel — and new power
Biden gets to know new partner in House in Hakeem Jeffries
AOC clinches coveted leadership post on House Oversight Committee
Manchin positions himself as bridge between Democrats and Republicans in new Congress
New GOP senator pledges 'laserlike focus' on decoupling Big Tech and government
Meet the border-district Republican at the immigration fight's 'epicenter'
Fetterman using adaptive technology in Senate
Steny Hoyer engaged to Brookings Institution senior fellow
McCarthy names GOP members to House Ethics Committee
Groups file ethics complaint over Sinema’s use of staff, how she allegedly treats staffers
Santos steps down from committee assignments • 'I've learned my lesson' • FBI investigating alleged Santos scheme to defraud animal charity
Ilhan Omar on previous anti-Semitic comments: 'Wasn't aware there are tropes about Jews and money' • Omar launching US-Africa policy working group
Democrats fill out select committees on Intel, China, COVID-19 and weaponization • Dems name former Trump impeachment officials to GOP investigative panel • House Dem laments 'friendly fire' after losing a plum panel seat
McConnell pulls rival Rick Scott off powerful Commerce Committee • Scott cries political retribution • Scott: 'I don’t think it made any sense'
Missouri rep trolls Bengals players, Cincinnati mayor after Chiefs win
Victoria Spartz passes on Senate run, to retire from Congress at end of term
Committee Activity
House GOP laps Senate in committee launches
Senate organizes committees for the 118th Congress
U.S. Senate panel holds first votes on Biden judicial picks of 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee sends warning to Ticketmaster over Beyoncé tour tickets
GOP move to add word from Constitution to subcommittee name sparks Democratic outrage
Natural Resources panel drops its gun ban
House Republicans hold first hearings to kick off probes
Jordan subpoenas Garland, Wray over school board memo
House Republicans blast environmental rules in first Energy meeting
House Oversight chair eyes bipartisan classified documents reform • House Oversight Committee hits ground running as GOP ushers in new era of priorities
House Education chair talks oversight, blocking student loan forgiveness • New top Republicans on education committees take aim at Biden student loan programs in first acts
Modernization panel finds a new home under House Administration
Senate Judiciary Committee to review Durham's investigation
Southwest COO to testify before Senate panel following mass cancellations
US Senate Banking Committee to Hold ‘Crypto Crash’ Hearing This Month
The House GOP's investigations: A field guide
House Oversight chair’s agenda: Hunter Biden, COVID origins, classified documents
House Intel members look for ‘reset’ after partisan era of Schiff, Nunes
Dems name new members to combat GOP investigations — including Schiff
TikTok chief to appear before congressional panel
Former Twitter execs to testify about Hunter Biden laptop story before House panel
House committee to hold aviation safety hearing
Floor Outlook
When is Biden's State of the Union Address? What to know (Tuesday, 2/7/2023, 9 p.m.)
State of Our Union: Biden faces war in Ukraine and defense budget fights at home
State of the Union 2023: The special guests lawmakers invited to this year's address • Tyre Nichols's parents accept invitation to attend State of the Union • Man who disarmed Monterey Park shooting suspect invited to State of the Union | The Hill • Rep. Greg Steube invites 'Good Samaritan' who helped him after fall as State of the Union guest
Huckabee Sanders to deliver Republican response to Biden's State of the Union
Rep. Delia Ramirez set to give State of the Union progressive response
Senate
Senate lowers expectations for new Congress
House of Representatives
House GOP plans vote to overturn DC laws, including allowing noncitizens to vote
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