The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Congress: Home for the Holidays. The U.S. Congress is wrapping up for the year, and—we know you are going to find this hard to believe—Congress didn’t make much legislative progress during the three-week post-Thanksgiving work period (though the members did manage to pass the fiscal year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that has passed for sixty-three straight years). Our lawmakers continue to spin their wheels on federal government funding, an issue the Buzz has been monitoring for months. Congress will reconvene in the second week of January 2024. Lawmakers will then have just eleven days—including the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday—before the first funding deadline of January 19, 2024. It appears that government shutdown drama will continue in 2024.
Senate Finally Departs. Though officially scheduled to be home with their families and constituents, members of the U.S. Senate remained in Washington, D.C., this week to work on national security issues. When nothing materialized, Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced that the next roll call vote in the Senate would be scheduled for January 8, 2024. This effectively puts a bow on congressional activity for the remainder of 2023.
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