Tag: Congress

  • Easter deadline to use Congressional Review Act to repeal end-of-term Trump administration regulatory activity

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    A recent edition of the Congressional Record clarified that Congress has 60 days from February 3, 2021, to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block regulatory activity taken near the end of the Trump administration. The Congressional Review Act is a federal law passed in 1996 that creates a 60 day review period during…

  • 71 new members of Congress elected in 2020 election

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    Seventy-one new members were elected to the 117th U.S. Congress on Nov. 3, 2020, or in subsequent runoff elections: nine new senators and 62 new representatives. This includes Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.), who died from complications related to COVID-19 on Dec. 29. The last race was called on Feb. 8, when the New York Board…

  • Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Average MOV in last year’s House races—29 percentage points

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    Average margin of victory in last year’s U.S. House races was lowest since at least 2012 The average margin of victory (MOV) in last year’s U.S. House elections was 28.8 percentage points, down from 31.8 percentage points in 2018 and the narrowest average MOV in U.S. House elections since at least 2012. Ballotpedia has analyzed…

  • Election still undecided in New York’s 22nd Congressional District

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    Results in the Nov. 3 U.S. House election in New York’s 22nd Congressional District have not yet been certified. The latest vote count, completed on Dec. 30, showed former Rep. Claudia Tenney (R) with a 29-vote lead over incumbent Anthony Brindisi (D). This race was one of 56 U.S. House rematches from 2018, when Brindisi defeated…

  • President Trump signs Consolidated Appropriations Act, approves second round of direct payments

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    President Donald Trump (R) signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act into law December 27, approving a $900 billion legislative package that included a second round of direct stimulus payments in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The act, which was introduced as a series of amendments to the United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act, passed both chambers of…

  • New bill would require GAO to send Congress a report on major midnight regulations

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    On December 14, Representative Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) introduced the Midnight Regulations Review Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to send Congress a report about major regulations made by outgoing presidents just before the transition to a new administration. The bill defines major rules as those…

  • Republican win certified in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, with challenge possible

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    The state of Iowa certified results in the election for its 2nd Congressional District, which indicate Republicans are primed to pick up their second open seat previously held by a Democrat in the 2020 U.S. House elections. Certified results showed Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) beating Rita Hart (D) by six votes. Hart indicated she would challenge…

  • Senator Rick Scott, other federal lawmakers test positive for coronavirus

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    On November 20, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fl.) announced he tested positive for COVID-19. On November 14, he announced he would quarantine himself after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for the virus. Scott was the 31st member of Congress to test positive for COVID-19, and the seventh to announce a positive test…

  • Veterans in the 116th Congress

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    Ninety-six veterans served as members of the 116th Congress (2019-2020). Seventy-three served in active duty with one of the four main military branches: 15 in the Air Force, 36 in the Army, 15 in the Marine Corps, and eight in the Navy (Steven Palazzo served in both the Army and Marine Corps). The remaining veterans…

  • Legislation would block Trump executive order to change civil service classifications

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    On Oct. 27, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) introduced the Saving the Civil Service Act (H.R. 8687) to block President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13957. The executive order, issued on Oct. 21, aims to give agency heads greater flexibility in the appointment of staff members who serve in policy-related positions and make it easier for agency…