With the House coming back to Washington for a brief 2-day session in the middle of their Summer Recess, there is only one committee hearing being held. Today the House Rules Committee will meet to formulate the rule for the consideration of three measures:
• S ConRes 14 - Setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and
setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through
2031.
• HR 4 - John R. Lewis Voting
Rights Advancement Act of 2021
• Senate Amendment to HR 3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
HR 3684 is the bill of interest here as it contains a number of cybersecurity provisions including the text of at least six separate cybersecurity bills. S ConRes 14 will set up the crafting of an even larger infrastructure spending bill that could be passed in the Senate by a simple majority vote. HR 4 is a slightly more moderate voting rights bill that might be able to get 10 Republican votes in the Senate.
The vote on the Rule developed this morning will take place this evening in the whole House. It is expected to pass on a partly-line vote. A vote on HR 4 will almost certainly take place tomorrow; it is likely to pass on a party-line vote. What happens on HR 3684 and S Con Res is less certain.
As of late Saturday, Speaker Pelosi (D,CA) was promising a vote on that and the to be developed large infrastructure spending bill based on S ConRes 14 sometime before October 1st. Moderate Democrats are demanding a vote on HR 3684 immediately (Tuesday) while Progressive Democrats are demanding that that vote be held hostage to a vote on the new infrastructure spending bill. Pelosi can only afford to lose 3 Democrat votes on S Con Res 14 and still get it passed. Without that bill passing, Democrats have no chance of getting their larger infrastructure bill to the President’s desk.
You cannot bet against Pelosi being able to pull a
legislative rabbit out of the partisan hat, but it will have to be neat trick.
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