COVID-19 UPDATE | TUESDAY, JUNE 16
June 16, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced the Aircraft Safety and Certification Reform Act of 2020. The legislation includes provisions to improve aviation safety and address lessons from the Boeing 737 MAX crashes. A joint press release on the legislation can be […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY, JUNE 15 (PM)
June 15, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities As a reminder, the Senate is expected to pass H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act tonight. The Senate Appropriations Committee will receive testimony tomorrow from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai regarding FCC’s airwaves auctions. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is expected to press Chairman Pai on the latest developments regarding […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY, JUNE 15 (AM)
June 15, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The Senate will continue to consider H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act, today and expects to pass the legislation and send it to the House this week. Procedural votes on the legislation, including waiving a budget point of order, passing the substitute amendment that contains the actual legislative language, and then […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | FRIDAY, JUNE 12
June 12, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Last night, the Senate passed another procedural hurdle in the passage of H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act, voting 65-19 to invoke cloture on the Senate’s substitute amendment. The next vote is scheduled for Monday and the bill is expected to pass next week. The bill was considered without amendments, despite […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | THURSDAY, JUNE 11
June 11, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The Great American Outdoors Act, H.R. 1957, is pending before the Senate. There are approximately 70 amendments that have been filed by Republicans and Democrats. Right now, the ability to offer amendments has been blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and others are pushing to allow […]
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COVID-19 Update | Wednesday, June 10
June 10, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee appears set to hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) later this month, with June 24 as a tentative date. The hearing will likely cover a wide range of topics, including President Trump’s Executive Order on social media companies, as well as […]
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COVID-19 Update | Tuesday, June 9
June 9, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Senate Republicans have still not begun negotiations on the next COVID-19 relief bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said in a floor speech that he believes that the economy has “bottomed out,” in part due to unemployment numbers that were better than expected. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) said that he believes […]
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COVID-19 Update | Monday, June 8 (PM)
June 8, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Senate Republicans continue to assert that if there is a next COVID-19 relief package, it will be written in the Senate and action will not be taken on it until after the July 4 recess (which ends July 17), and that it will likely be considered before the August recess. Senate Foreign […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | MONDAY, JUNE 8 (AM)
June 8, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities The Senate will take the first procedural vote on S. 3422, the Great American Outdoors Act, a sweeping public lands package what would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, today. It remains unclear whether amendments will be allowed, which could slow down passage of the legislation. 43 of the 47 […]
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COVID-19 UPDATE | FRIDAY, JUNE 5
June 5, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Activities Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is crafting a bill to limit the amount of tax exposure COVID-19 relief workers could face after moving to other states to help manage the crisis. The measure would specifically affect jobs that caused workers to move across state lines during the pandemic. The idea is in line […]
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