June Preview

29 Jun June Preview

As with the last few months, especially given the events of the last week, June in Washington promises to be quite different than previous summers with the House calendar for the month consisting entirely of “Committee Work Days” and Floor votes saved for only the very last day of the month as of now. The Senate, however, comes back this week after a week at home for Memorial Day and is expected to continue under the current form of regular order. After the House passed the HEROES Act last month, we also expect negotiations to begin in the Senate on the next COVID-19 relief package, but it is still unlikely to pass the finish line until the week of July 4th at the earliest. But all of that is up in the air with the protests and demonstrations in response to the killing of George Floyd now dominating the discourse throughout the country along with the pandemic, not to mention the efforts of policymakers to oversee CARES Act implementation and determine and agree on exactly what is needed in the next relief/recovery packages. Below, though, is a brief outlook of where we believe things stand at the beginning of June in Washington.