House and Senate Cloakroom: September 27 – October 1, 2010

Dustin Carmack / September 27, 2010

House Cloakroom: September 27 – October 1, 2010

Analysis:

The House will be in its final week of action before recessing until after the election. The target adjournment had been October 8^th, but with a tough election cycle ahead and holdups on legislation in the Senate, House leaders are pushing to get their members home to campaign. The main floor action that needs to be taken before they recess, though, is the Continuing Resolution (CR) to appropriate funds to keep the government running until sometime in November. This vote could happen either Wednesday or Thursday this week as the new fiscal year begins October 1^st and none of the regular appropriations bills have been cleared. The House may consider a child nutrition bill as well. Members will now leave town without a vote on stopping the largest tax hike in history. The Heritage Foundation recently released a report detailing the Obama tax hikes devastating impacts at the national, state, and congressional district level.

Major Floor Action

• Continuing Resolution (CR)
• HR 5409 – Residential Construction Lending Act
• HR 5504 – Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act

Major Committee Action

• The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on “Reining in Overcriminalization”
• The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the Department of Defense’s efficiency initiative to find spending cuts to be applied to more deserving projects. (more…)