Bills Introduced – 9-21-20

 Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session, there were 29 bills introduced. One of those bills will receive additional attention in this blog:

HR 8319 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes. Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]

The House Rules Committee met yesterday to formulate the rule for the consideration of this bill (and 3 others). The rule provided for a closed debate on the bill with 1 hour of debate and no floor amendments. The bill will almost certainly pass in the House if it is actually brought to the floor.

Billed as a ‘clean CR’ this is a complex bill that includes language extending a number of programs that would expire on September 30^th. There are news reports that Sen. McConnel opposes the bill because it does not include continued funding for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), a White House priority. Rep. Conway (R,TX) attempted to add language for that funding in the Rules Committee hearing on the bill, but the amendment was defeated.

There is a remote possibility that additional negotiations could result in that language being added to the bill during the floor consideration via a motion to recommit.