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May 6, 2015

Amendments Submitted to Corker Bill on Iran

The delicate balance of bipartisan support broke down after Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced new amendments to the original House bill, which have gone to the head of the line of amendments and which must be addressed before the bill can be finished. As a result, on May 5, Majority Leader McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on both the underlying bill (H.R. 1191) as well as the Corker-Cardin bill (S.615).

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

May 1, 2015

The Week That Was In the House: Busy, But Not Productive

A breakdown of recent defense spending activities in the House of Representatives from Senior Fellow John Isaacs

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

March 27, 2015

Senate Completes its Budget Resolution – Finally

By John Isaacs

Council for a Livable World

March 27, 2015

Senate Completes its Budget Resolution – Finally

CQ/Roll predicted that the Senate would conclude its vote-a-rama – a series of votes following by votes – more than 12 hours after the voting started at noon yesterday.

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

March 26, 2015

Council Signs onto Letter on Budget Resolutions Amendments

Council for a Livable World signed onto a letter to Congress with recommendations on national security amendments.

Posted in: Council in the News, Legislative Analysis, Letters and Publications

March 24, 2015

State of play on the budget resolutions

The full House and Senate are moving forward with the budget resolutions in a fairly desultory fashion. The Senate was anticipating a first amendment vote on its version on Monday night, but with no amendments ready for a vote, the Senate voted instead on the nomination of a Federal Maritime Commissioner.

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

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