House Democrats still hope to pass more fiscal 2023 spending bills before leaving town, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. If they can find time, Democratic leaders may also schedule a vote on bills related to banning semiautomatic assault weapons and the use of gun trace information in civil proceedings, reported out of committee last week after a lengthy partisan debate. Hoyer said lawmakers will also vote on a bill to extend certain pandemic-era authorities for telehealth under Medicare through 2024, or through the end of COVID-19 health emergency, whichever is longer.Īnd pending Senate action, the House could take up the “chips-plus” package. Another Rules Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, meaning additional measures could head to the floor in the coming days. The House Rules Committee teed up the wildfire and drought package, based on dozens of bills, under a structured rule that would allow consideration of three amendments. Oh, and a “Tiger King” bill - because why not? - that would generally prohibit private individuals from owning big cats, like lions and tigers. Hoyer, D-Md., warned, though, that members may return early, likely in the last two weeks of August, if the Senate passes a reconciliation bill, sending it to the House for a vote.īefore Friday, lawmakers want to vote on a wildfire and drought package, additional fiscal 2023 spending bills, a semiconductor incentives and science research and development package known as “chips-plus” and possibly a renewed assault weapons ban. | House leaders are cramming this week to finish a laundry list of legislative priorities before a five-week getaway from Washington.