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Congressional Climate Bill Tracking

H.R. 255 – Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 2015

S. 177 – Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015

H.R. 522 – Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies

H.R. 612To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

H.R. 467 – STEM Opportunities Act of 2015

H.R. 616 – To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for reforms to the EB-5 immigrant investor program, and for other purposes.

S. 191 – Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2015

S. 108 – Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act of 2015
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Video of the Day

Planned Parenthood Vote Coming Monday
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Today’s Hill Action

Senate Floor Schedule

The Senate is not in session today.

Committee Hearings
There are no committee hearings scheduled today.

House Floor Schedule

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Committee Hearings

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Senate Passes Long-Term Highway Bill, Short-Term Extension

The Senate passed its long-term highway bill (HR 22) shortly after noon Thursday,
and then agreed to a House-passed three-month extension (HR 3236) before completing
work for the day.

The margin for final passage of the long-term bill was fairly healthy, 65-34. The
House’s patch was passed in overwhelming fashion: 91-4.

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McConnell Looks to Take on Cybersecurity Bill Next Week

After wrapping up a protracted battle over a highway-funding measure, the Senate
is expected to turn its attention next week to a controversial cyberinformation-sharing
law before heading home for recess.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he will take up the cybersecurity
legislation if the Senate fails to proceed on a measure to defund Planned Parenthood.
Moving the Planned Parenthood measure forward requires 60 votes, likely an insurmountable
hurdle with most Democrats expected to vote against it.

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A Brief Electoral History of Recently Indicted Congressmen

It might be easy to scoff at Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania for talking
about his re-election bid on the same day he faced a 29-count indictment on corruption
charges, but the most recent members of the House to be indicted held their own
at the ballot box, at least initially. The last two members of the House to be indicted
won their next election.

After New York Republican Rep. Michael G. Grimm was indicted in 2014, I wrote about
how it reminded me of one of my worst mistakes as a political handicapper and how
I didn’t want to repeat it. Apparently, I’m a slow learner.

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Until tomorrow,
Lobbyit.com

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