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Kristin Nicholson | March 17, 2023
Dear Friends, As the cherry blossoms open around the Tidal Basin, another spring ritual is getting underway in Washington: the annual budget and appropriations cycle. President Biden submitted his Proposed Budget for FY24 on March 9, kicking off another round of budget hearings on the Hill, which will be followed by months of
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Kristin Nicholson | February 3, 2023
Dear Friends, February may be the dreariest month in Washington, but it will certainly not lack for action this year. It didn’t happen quickly (and surprisingly took even longer in the Senate than the House), but both chambers have finalized their committee rosters, allowing the work of oversight and legislating to kick into higher
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Kristin Nicholson | January 9, 2023
Dear Friends, Welcome to the 118th Congress! Following an historic (and at times jaw-dropping) week in the House of Representatives, a new Speaker has been elected and members have been sworn in at last. The legislating begins today when the chamber considers a new rules package that could significantly affect operations
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Kristin Nicholson | December 1, 2022
Dear Friends: The House and Senate have returned for the lame duck session, and the Hill is a whirlwind of activity, from leadership elections and committee jockeying, to clearing the legislative decks and trying to fund government beyond December 16. GAI Fellow Katina Slavkova has a piece in this
Kristin Nicholson | November 2, 2022 Dear Friends: As we make our way through leftover Halloween candy and await the outcome of next week’s midterm elections, it’s never too early to start thinking about what’s ahead in the lame duck Congress. Last week’s brutal attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband, whose alleged assailant has acknowledged he was after the Speaker herself, has Kristin Nicholson | October 11, 2022 Dear Friends: Congress has adjourned until mid-November, when a packed lame duck session will get underway. In addition to critical pieces of unfinished business like extending federal funding past the current December 16 deadline and passing an FY23 National Defense Authorization Act, there will be a pile-up of other issues to handle. One Kristin Nicholson | September 7, 2022 Dear Friends: I hope you all had a wonderful summer. It’s now September of an even-numbered year, and Hill observers know what that means: the race is on for Congress to dispose of its most pressing business and release members for a final burst of campaigning before November 8. At the top of the must-do Kristin Nicholson | July 22, 2022 Dear Friends: If you’ve ever found yourself frantically trying to cross everything off your to-do list before heading out of town, you know how Congress is feeling right now. With only a handful of scheduled legislative days before the August recess, House and Senate leaders are looking for progress on key measures and hoping to Kristin Nicholson | June 6, 2022 Dear Friends, The first half of summer is always an intense time on Capitol Hill, and we are about to be in the thick of it. This week will bring a continued focus on gun violence in both chambers. The House will vote on a large package of gun safety measures this week, while Kristin Nicholson | May 3, 2022 Dear Friends, Last night’s extraordinary release of a draft Supreme Court opinion appearing to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade decision has ensured abortion rights will dominate the conversation on and off the Hill this month, and likely for remainder of this Congress. Expect lots more talk about eliminating the filibuster in order
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