{"id":9446,"date":"2011-03-28T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/?p=9446"},"modified":"2011-03-28T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:30:32","slug":"the-house-and-senate-cloakroom-march-28-%e2%80%93-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/the-house-and-senate-cloakroom-march-28-%e2%80%93-april-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The House and Senate Cloakroom: March 28 \u2013 April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Maggie Piggott\/The Heritage Foundation<\/em>) – House Analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n The House returns this week after a one week district work period to consider a variety of legislation. On Tuesday evening, the body will consider two pieces of legislation, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011 as well as the Home Affordable Modification Program Termination Act of 2011. On Wednesday, the House will consider the SOAR (Scholarships and Opportunities for Results) Act sponsored by Speaker of the House John Boehner which would reauthorize the\u00a0DC Opportunity Scholarship Program<\/a>. A vote is also expected that evening on the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011. Thursday, the House begins debate on the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 with a final vote on the measure expected on Friday. Throughout the week, the committee hearing schedule is packed with issues such as the 2012 budget, union transparency, gasoline prices, and the pending free trade agreements.<\/p>\n Major Floor Action<\/strong><\/p>\n Major Committee Action <\/strong><\/p>\n Senate Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n The Senate returns to Washington after a week long recess to resume consideration of the Small Business bill (a bill that aims to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs until Fiscal Year 2019). There are currently a total of 10 amendments pending to the bill, including an important\u00a0amendment offered by Senator McConnell that prohibits EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions (amendment #183). It\u2019s unclear how long it will take the Senate to dispose of these amendments and how many Senator Reid will allow votes on.\u00a0Also, the latest short-term Continuing Resolution is set to expire on Friday, April 8.<\/p>\n Major Floor Action<\/strong><\/p>\n Major Committee Action <\/strong><\/p>\n (Maggie Piggott\/The Heritage Foundation) – House Analysis: The House returns this week after a one week district work period to consider a variety of legislation. On Tuesday evening, the body will consider two pieces of legislation, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011 as well as the Home Affordable Modification Program Termination Act of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9449,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions\/9449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevadanewsandviews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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