by Ian Whitney | Dec 9, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
Talks on a year-end government funding package continue among leadership. As it currently stands, the “four corners” (meaning the democratic and Republican leaders of the committee in each house of congress) leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations...
by Ian Whitney | Dec 6, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
This week preventing a strike of railway workers is demanding the attention of Congress but rest assured legislators have not lost sight of the December 16th deadline for the budget. Will there be an end of the year omnibus bill that sets the budget? Will be robust...
by Ian Whitney | Nov 21, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
Both houses of Congress returned this week to kick off a busy “lame duck” session to close out the 117th Congress. The date to watch, other than the end of the year, is December 16th, when government funding is set to expire. What is a lame duck...
by Ian Whitney | Nov 10, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
Congress will return to Washington, D.C. next Monday, November 14, 2022. Read the full newsletter here
by Ian Whitney | Oct 31, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
Both chambers of Congress will return to Washington after the November 8 midterm elections. The next votes in the House and Senate are scheduled to occur during the week of November 14. Read the full newsletter here
by Ian Whitney | Oct 12, 2022 | Family Voices, Washington Update
The senate is in session this week and focused on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Usually, there are not standalone defense-related bills each year, so everything is tacked onto this one… and this is why staffers will spend this week sorting through the...