The afterglow (and takes) following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union are still buzzing on Capitol Hill, but lawmakers have more business they hope to finish Friday. Principally for the Senate: Completing work on the first tranche of government funding measures.
There’s been no agreement yet on amendment votes, but look for a possible path forward by midday that would pave the way for them to leave Washington. Jet fumes, as always, remain undefeated.
Meanwhile, over in the House: Lawmakers will vote around 10 a.m. on a major GOP-led revamp of the financial sector, including private and public capital markets. The bill, the Expanding Access to Capital Act, is strongly opposed by Biden’s White House in a statement of administration policy.
You can catch Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ review of the State of the Union during his weekly press conference around 9:45 a.m.
