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9-Nov-11

Published 09 Nov, 2011 The House is recessed this week, and the Senate is expected to vote on the veterans’ component of the American Jobs Act, after failing to pass the infrastructure piece last week. Senate committees are meeting, including a hearing on the TSA reauthorization in the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, a review…

14-Nov-11

Published 14 Nov, 2011 This week both chambers of Congress are in session in Washington, DC and have several important hearings as well as floor votes scheduled. The House will vote on a balanced budget amendment, as determined in the agreement made earlier this year in August, to keep the federal government funded. Expected also…

28-Nov-11

Published 28 Nov, 2011 Last week, the Super Committee failed to find a solution to creating revenue and attacking our nation’s deficit. Democratic members of the committee said Republicans had two goals; extending Bush-era tax cuts and cutting Medicare. As the Defense Act comes to the floor in the Senate this week, and avoiding sequestration…

12-Dec-11

Published 12 Dec, 2011 This week may be the last that Congress is in session before the holidays, but only if they finish the important work before them. The House of Representatives is slated to vote on an unemployment insurance bill that slashes benefits, coupled with a provision to keep the Keystone XL Pipeline project…

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