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First Branch Forecast for June 27, 2022: Apropos everything

By DanielSchuman June 27, 2022 16 min read

TOP LINE What to expect from Congress this week? The House is holding a committee work week before joining the Senate, which is already out on recess. They will return the week of July 11th. We are writing this newsletter before 5pm on Friday, so you’ll have to check the House committee calendar for upcoming hearings, but we know […]

Tags: Staff Pay, Congressional Unionization, Congressional Data Task Force, Legislative Branch

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Demand Progress Proposals Included in FY 2023 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills and Report

By DanielSchuman June 24, 2022 34 min read

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the full House Appropriations Committee favorably (32-26) reported the FY 2023 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Bill (with amendments) and committee report. They are packed with good government reforms and significant investments in Congress’s capacity to legislate, conduct oversight, serve constituents, and more. We and our civil society colleagues made recommendations of […]

Tags: Appropriations, Modernization, House, Leg Support Agencies

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First Branch Forecast for June 21, 2022

By DanielSchuman June 21, 2022 21 min read

TOP LINE This week. The House is in today and so is the Senate. After this week, both chambers will take a break from floor legislative activities until July 11th — according to the House floor calendar and Senate floor calendar — although the House will hold a committee work week next week. Afterward, the House has scheduled only 3 weeks of […]

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Leg Branch Line Items FY 21-23

By DanielSchuman June 18, 2022 1 min read

As Congress considering appropriations levels for the Legislative branch for FY2023, we thought it would be useful to compare line items inside the Legislative Branch bill. Below contains the actual funding levels for FY21 and FY 22, the requests published in the president budget, the appropriations levels supported by the subcommittee and full committee as […]

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FY23 Appropriations Bill Text Tracking

By DanielSchuman June 15, 2022 1 min read

It can be, at times, somewhat difficult to track appropriations bill text, report language, and press releases and the legislation goes through its paces. Congress.gov maintains a thorough appropriations page, but as of the time of this writing it still has not been updated for FY2023. It’s UI could also be improved. So we are […]

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First Branch Forecast for June 13, 2022: Everything at once

By DanielSchuman June 13, 2022 13 min read

TOP LINE As hearings into the Trump insurrection start, we join the #CapitolStrong community in recognizing that this can bring up strong feelings among the Members, staff, employees, journalists, and others who work on Capitol Hill or are close to those who do. Some mental health resources are available on the coalition website. This week. The House is […]

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First Branch Forecast for May 9, 2022: Union means together

By DanielSchuman May 9, 2022 34 min read

TOP LINE Welcome back. The Senate is in today; the House is back tomorrow. On the House floor, a resolution to allow House staff to unionize will be brought to a vote later this week. Senate Leg branch approps has started its hearings, with the Architect, CBO, and Senate SAA on Wednesday; House FSGG approps will hear from the federal judiciary on […]

Tags: Congressional Research Service, Appropriations, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, Congressional Unionization, US Capitol Police, January 6, Political Violence

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First Branch Forecast for May 2, 2022: A real coup

By DanielSchuman May 2, 2022 7 min read

TOP LINE This week. The Senate is in; the House is out until May 10. We are sending an abbreviated First Branch Forecast because we are tired. Don’t worry, we’ll have the highlights from the gazillion hearings this past week, including 3 Leg Branch, 2 CJS, and House Judiciary and ModCom hearings. TREATING STAFF LIKE PEOPLE No one noticed, but […]

Tags: Office of Legal Counsel, Appropriations, PLUM Act, Staff Pay, SCOTUS, Statements of Disbursements

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First Branch Forecast: April 25, 2022

By DanielSchuman April 25, 2022 21 min read

TOP LINE This week. The Senate is in today; the House is in tomorrow. This week, we’ll be glued to another round of Leg branch approps hearings on the Library of Congress, GPO, & the AOC; a CJS approps double-header with the Justice Department, a ModCom hearing on modernizing the legislative process; and a House Judiciary hearing on […]

Tags: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Appropriations, Congressional Unionization, US Capitol Police, SCOTUS

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First Branch Forecast: April 18, 2022

By DanielSchuman April 18, 2022 10 min read

TOP LINE This week. The House and Senate are out until next week. When they’re back it is going to be pandemonium— the next three months everything accelerates and decelerates at the same time — so prep now and remember to spend some time outside. Appropriations redux. Our calendar of upcoming testimony deadlines is here, with […]

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FY 2023 Approps Testimony Deadlines

By DanielSchuman April 4, 2022 1 min read

We’ve compiled a spreadsheet to track testimony deadlines for upcoming FY 2023 appropriations hearings; it’s also available online here. We’ll be continually updating the spreadsheet as the remaining Member and public testimony deadlines for both chambers come in.

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Key Policy Provisions Included in the FY 2022 Legislative Branch Bill and Joint Explanatory Statement

By DanielSchuman April 3, 2022 27 min read

President Biden signed the FY 2022 appropriations omnibus bill into law on March 15th, 2022. Included in the omnibus package was the FY 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, which contains dozens of policy provisions that aim to strengthen congressional capacity, oversight, technology, and modernization. This legislation signifies a monumental investment in restoring the Legislative branch. […]

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First Branch Forecast for June 27, 2022: Apropos everything

Demand Progress Proposals Included in FY 2023 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills and Report

First Branch Forecast for June 21, 2022

Leg Branch Line Items FY 21-23

FY23 Appropriations Bill Text Tracking

First Branch Forecast for June 13, 2022: Everything at once

First Branch Forecast for May 9, 2022: Union means together

First Branch Forecast for May 2, 2022: A real coup

First Branch Forecast: April 25, 2022

First Branch Forecast: April 18, 2022

FY 2023 Approps Testimony Deadlines

Key Policy Provisions Included in the FY 2022 Legislative Branch Bill and Joint Explanatory Statement

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