Civic Register
| 10.12.21
House to Take One-Day Break From Recess to Advance Short-Term Debt Limit Extension
How do you feel about this week’s congressional schedule?
What’s happening in Congress?
- The House will be back at the Capitol from recess for one day this week to pass a bill to increase the debt limit by $480 billion through December 3rd and avoid a potential default on October 18th. House passage would send the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk, at which point the focus will shift to off-the-floor negotiations when lawmakers return to recess.
- Congress has punted on several deadlines in recent weeks while the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate negotiate their reconciliation spending plan and the bipartisan infrastructure bill Democrats have tethered to it as leverage. The upcoming deadlines will provide impetus for negotiations, but if Democrats remain at an intra-party impasse, Congress may have to scramble yet again to pass stopgap bills.
- Lawmakers will need to reauthorize surface transportation programs at the end of October, which experienced a brief authorization lapse at the start of the month because of inaction by Congress. A long-term reauthorization is included in the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill, but progressives have blocked it amid the reconciliation negotiations.
- Congress has until December 3rd to fund the government by passing full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2022, which began October 1st, and avoid a partial government shutdown. That’s also the date through which the debt limit will be increased, although the Treasury Dept. may then be able to use “extraordinary measures” to extend the “x-date” for avoiding default into early 2022.
HOUSE SCHEDULE
- The House meets Tuesday to vote on the short-term debt limit increase. It’s unclear whether any other legislation will be considered, but lawmakers are expected to return to recess once the Tuesday session ends until Tuesday, October 19th.
- Committees will hold hybrid hearings on the recruitment of veterans by domestic violent extremist groups; ethics and artificial intelligence; and the future of weather forecasting.
SENATE SCHEDULE
- The Senate adjourned Thursday night after passing the debt limit bill and is scheduled to hold its next floor vote on Monday, October 18th, when senators will vote on the confirmation of a circuit court judge.
- No committee hearings are scheduled this week.
Check below throughout the week to see the vote results and updates to the schedule.
Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.
HOUSE
Monday
- No votes are scheduled.
Tuesday after 5pm
- Senate Amendment to the House Amendment to S. 1301: Temporary Extension of Public Debt Limit (Through December 3rd) Deemed passed 219-206 as part of H.Res. 716.
Rest of the Week
- No votes are expected.
SENATE
- No votes are expected.
Tell your reps how to vote on this week's bills and share your thoughts below!
— Eric Revell
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How long do you honestly think moving the debt limit will take? How long? Are you kidding me?
They’ll need to break their vacation a bit to indict the scofflaws who are avoiding speaking to the Jan 6 commission. Lock them up!
I do not like anything that Nancy Pelosi is proposing, and raising our deficit. Like a few million dollars to give to her park. How does that fall into anything. This is the type of women who will give everything to what she wants. And it’s not to help America don’t be fooled. She doesn’t give a damn about America or the American people and she never has. Do you remember when our country was shut down and the cameras and hurt House and she showed us her gourmet ice cream. The woman is a one-sided Eco testicle maniac. Who only cares about Nancy Pelosi and what she wants. And it’s not for America. She thinks she smells really good. But she stinks like hell. I hope what she wants never gets past
Trying to run the country unilaterally without input from the miority is doomed to failure and fosters more bad will amongst the legislators.
They may as well take a break they don't do anything useful anyway! Hurry up next election!
why are you bothering with the republicans you have a majority stop trying to be bipartisan that time has come and passed. pass everything you can ram it down there throats they way we had to take the BS corporate tax that trump did. STOP BEING BIPARTISAN and do something midterms are a coming and you should be worried you putz
Although it's good to pass the debt limit issue, it's way past time to pass longer term solutions. This is exhausting and not at all proactive.
Get to work. Stop spending!h
hahahahahaha. So the Senate is already back on vacation and the House goes next week. Tooooo funny. Just way too funny. We're not in any sort of a crisis are we? Like a budget crisis or anything like that, right? I wonder if they will get their Christmas shopping done now or will they need another vacation before Christmas? Dec. 5th is important right?
Need term limits
My comment is not on the what was posted my comment is on the parents that are fighting for the rights of how their kids are being taught in our public schools. In the new administration who is on the board of our schools, they are in control of everything. And parents have no say. These people are voted in, and should be voted out. But they are teaching our kids in school parents do not like. No parent would like it. Now they want the FBI to step in. What is coming next concentration camps for parents. The American people pay for our schools in our tax dollars. I believe we have a right for parents to be able to speak their grievances, on what the schools are teaching their kids. Why are the schools obsessed, with sexual preference.And they are starting in first grade. That is something that should be left up to the parents. What in the hell is happening to our country.
Again people if you're Representatives don't vote for this when we really need new Bridges new railroad tracks new everything instead of letting them crumble and nickel and diamond so if you're Representatives don't vote right vote them out.
They need to stay in session until they get things done. Enough "punting" things down the road. Enough political posturing. They work for us. There are bills that need to be passed so we can move forward. Just do it.
Taking a break from doing NOTHING! That must be very tiring.
At work but get the bills passed and in the process weaken the lobbyists.
Just let the government default.. A shutdown will be good for the country. The states will do - just fine
Congress can’t control their spending of OUR money. The Democrats want to up the spend to 3.5 TRILLION$$$ so called infrastructure package that’s not really an infrastructure package.
Anything Pelosi does is evil, I don’t believe she has one good bone in her body that would lead her to act in good faith for American citizens. By far she will go down in history as one of the most selfish evil Speaker of the House. I look at it this way, who in their right mind would be able to meet with the Pope after knowing that many Catholic priests have spoken up about her stance on abortion and have even called to not allow her communion! Pelosi is above the remarks and actually was brass enough to meet with the Pope. She has no humility, no moral compass and if that should be brought to her attention she would dismiss it like a gnat in her face. Any agenda this woman has is for her own good and not the American citizens, her hatred knows no boundaries. Her agendas are not in good faith and therefore do not deserve any accolades. It has to be difficult for the Republican Party in the House to even listen to her misguided agendas, they need to stand strong and continue pushing back to thwart her evil ways.
I still think Causes should have a Table of Contents listing issues. I couldn't find anything recent for Domestic Terrorist Groups. Anyway, File this under "This is Possibly A Domestic Terrorist Group To Watch in Tennessee: Rod of Iron Ministries" An article was sent to me due to the photographs' ludicrous appearance of men in magenta gowns wearing tiaras carrying AK47s, simply as "Gun Tottin' Trannies for Trump," but I'm thinking more like here's "Yet Another Trumping Loving Religious Lunatic Cult with AK47s, and plenty of cash. Oh Boy!" This is not about cross dressing; just weird cultural appropriation. Read on MAGA Gun Church That Worships With AR-15s Has Bought a Giant Mountain Property in Tennessee - VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avkdw/rod-of-iron-ministries-purchases-property-in-tennessee
If you have not already read or heard about this — “Pelosi said she hoped that Congress would lift the debt ceiling in a bipartisan way this December because of the stakes involved. But she also floated a bill sponsored by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., that would transfer the duty of raising the debt limit away from Congress and vest it with the Treasury secretary, saying, ‘I think it has merit.’” I like the idea as a step towards doing away with the entire Debt Limit Farce. Better the Bureaucrats than the Politicians; although I'd like some checks & balances to guard against abuses. “House returns to stave off default with debt limit vote” WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House are scrambling back to Washington on Tuesday to approve a short-term lift of the nation’s debt limit and ensure the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December. https://apnews.com/article/9abe4ef546f62521bcfe7dc3c9517e