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Congressional Climate Bill Tracking

S. 1177 – Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
H.R. 2646 – Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015
S. 1146 – Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act
H.R. 612 – To 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. 2775 – Remote Transaction Parity Act of 2015
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

House Speaker John Boehner to Resign
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Today’s Hill Action

Senate Floor Schedule

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Committee Hearings
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House Floor Schedule

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Speaker John Boehner retiring from Congress at the end of October

Boehner’s decision, relayed in a closed Republican meeting Friday morning, will
indeed set off one of the most intense leadership scrambles in modern Congressional
GOP politics. Second in line is House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.),
who is widely expected to serve as the next speaker. But there is serious unrest
in the House Republican ranks, as a small clutch of conservatives have continuously
clashed with establishment Republicans. It takes 218 votes on the House floor to
win the speakership, and many GOP insiders believe that McCarthy is the only person
who could cobble together a coalition to win.
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Boehner to resign in October

Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers on Friday he will resign at the end of October.
The embattled Boehner (R-Ohio) said he would resign from both his speakership and
his House seat, he told GOP lawmakers at a closed-door conference.
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Boehner Quits; McCarthy Seen as Successor

Speaker John A. Boehner told fellow Republicans Friday morning he will resign from
Congress and give up his House seat at the end of October, according to members.
The Ohio Republican has been under fire from hard-line conservatives in his conference
over the GOP leadership’s reluctance to shut down the federal government as part
of a dispute over the funding of Planned Parenthood.
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