Anne L. Kim

Dec 13, 2023 | rollcall.com | Briana Reilly |Anne L. Kim

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to pass the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill, setting up the sprawling, $886.3 billion National Defense Authorization Act for House consideration Thursday. Senators adopted the conference report by a 87-13 tally. The vote came after the legislation cleared a couple of final hurdles, including a Democratic hold on the 3,000-page NDAA conference report and a protest of the bill’s four-month extension of a controversial surveillance authority.

Nov 13, 2023 | rollcall.com | Paul V. Fontelo |Anne L. Kim

Texas Republican Pat Fallon is expected to depart the House to seek his previous seat in the Texas Senate. Fallon, who has not yet officially announced his departure, is just under a year into his second term in Congress. The move comes on the same day that Rep. Michael C. Burgess, a fellow Texas Republican from the Dallas area, announced his retirement.

Nov 13, 2023 | rollcall.com | Briana Reilly |Anne L. Kim

In the days after more than half of the House GOP conference voted against providing $300 million in aid for Ukraine, Defense appropriator Mike Garcia got to work on what he describes as “a tool for the administration” to win back Republican support for arming Kyiv. The result: a 14-page report that demanded answers from the White House on the strategy, objectives and cost projections surrounding the war against Russia, which will enter its third year come February.

Oct 30, 2023 | rollcall.com | Briana Reilly |Anne L. Kim

House Republicans released a $14.3 billion stand-alone bill Monday dedicated solely to aiding Israel, decoupling it from aid for Ukraine and border security as the White House had proposed in its own emergency funding request earlier this month. The legislation seeks to offset the Israel support by clawing back $14.3 billion in IRS funding that Congress passed in last year’s reconciliation measure, a frequent target of Republicans.

Oct 11, 2023 | rollcall.com | Anne L. Kim |Caroline Coudriet

House lawmakers are eager to show their support for Israel following Hamas terrorist attacks over the weekend by adopting a bipartisan resolution and, possibly, moving supplemental funds. But there’s one problem — with no House speaker in place, there’s little, if any, legislative action they can take. And lawmakers from both parties say House Republicans now have even more reason to overcome their impasse and put a leader in place.