Category Archives: Capitol Hill Updates

Daily House of Representatives’ Schedule 2/24/21

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH On Wednesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. First votes expected: 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Last votes expected: 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. One Minute Speeches Postponed Suspension Votes: 1) H.R. 546 – Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (Sponsored by […]

House Republican Whip Scalise to Dems: Remove Liberal Giveaways and Focus on Providing Immediate COVID Relief

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria to discuss Democrats’ partisan spending bill filled with progressive priorities that have nothing to do with COVID relief. Whip Scalise challenged Democrats to remove the liberal wish-list items in their $1.9 trillion package and instead focus on providing targeted relief to help struggling […]

Rep. Zeldin: Biden Administration Reentering JCPOA As Is Would Be Massive Foreign Policy Blunder

WASHINGTON – Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after reports the Biden Administration was halting efforts to enforce United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iran and would re-enter negotiations for the Iran Nuclear Deal: “For reasons that include expiring sunset clauses, flaws with the verification arrangement, […]

House Republican Whip Scalise, AFP in WaPo: Dem Covid Bill Makes Things Worse, Not Better

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity, co-authored an op-ed for The Washington Post detailing the risk of President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion package of progressive priorities Democrats have rushed to bring to the House Floor. The op-ed outlines how we must focus on providing targeted relief to safely reopen schools, […]

Lankford, Colleagues to President Biden: Withdraw Becerra Nomination to Serve as HHS Secretary

WASHINGON, DC. — Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Representative Dan Bishop (R-NC), and 73 other Members of Congress today in a letter urging President Joe Biden to withdraw California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to serve as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). In part, the members wrote, “We […]

Weekly House of Representatives’ Schedule 2/22/21

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22ND MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND On Monday, no votes are expected in the House. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD On Tuesday, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 264 – To designate the facility of the United States […]

SCALISE DEMANDS CUOMO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS TO CONGRESS FOR INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today renewed his call for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide all data on nursing home deaths related to his must admit order and requested transcribed interviews with top officials involved with the deadly mandate. On February 11, […]

Grassley Presses USAID Nominee on Effort to Remove Terror Funding Group from Sanctions List

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking explanations from Ambassador Samantha Power, who is nominated to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, for her previous office’s effort to remove the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) from the Treasury Department’s sanctions list. ISRA was placed on that list, maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets […]

Congressman Scalise, Congresswoman Wagner: Protecting Newborns Is Commonsense. Time for Congress to Take Action

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) co-authored an op-ed for The Daily Signal outlining the urgency of passing the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Scalise and Wagner blasted House Democrats’ shameful obstructionism of this commonsense legislation that would save lives by banning infanticide. Click here or read below for the full op-ed.   Scalise, Wagner: […]

Congressman Jeff Duncan Statement on SC General Assembly Fetal Heartbeat Bill

Laurens, S.C. – Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) issued the following statement regarding the South Carolina General Assembly’s vote to pass the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act: “I am so thankful and proud of the South Carolina General Assembly for stepping up and passing the fetal heartbeat bill today. Protecting the unborn […]