Legislative Update
House. The House has another light legislative schedule this week. House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries informed his Democratic colleagues last week that the Caucus Issues Conference will be postponed from its original dates of Feb. 9-11 due to the ongoing pandemic. Jeffries hopes that the conference can be rescheduled for early March.
Senate. The Senate was scheduled to be in recess this week but instead will be out of session next week. On Wednesday, the Senate is expected to hold a cloture vote on legislation dealing with voting rights and election reform. The cloture vote, which needs 60 votes to end debate, will fail. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has indicated he will then take steps to set up a vote to change the filibuster rules. While the rules could be changed by a simple majority vote, Schumer does not have the support of all 50 Democrats to eliminate the filibuster, and he has not said exactly what rules change he will propose.
Committee Action of Note:
Questions of the week: Will the Senate pass an aid package for Ukraine and Israel? Will negotiators finalize the details of the defense authorization bill?
Read MoreThe House and Senate are looking to adjourn for the year on Dec. 14 and 15, respectively, and have a full list of must-do measures on the agenda.
Read MoreHouse Republicans will meet Tuesday to discuss various options for the next Continuing Resolution.
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