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The Weekly Hill Update - January 6, 2020

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Below is the Federal Policy team's weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session. Congress returns this week from a two-week holiday break

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Below is the Federal Policy team's weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session.

HEADLINES

  • Congress returns this week from a two-week holiday break.
  • President Donald Trump's impeachment hangs in the balance amid a partisan standoff as Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not yet decided when to transmit the House-approved articles to the Senate, allowing the impeachment trial to proceed.
  • Washington is also consumed with reaction to spiraling tensions with Iran after a U.S. airstrike Thursday killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

HOUSE

  • The House is in session Tuesday through Friday. The floor agenda is focused on legislation requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate perfluorinated alkylated substances, as well as several noncontroversial bills regarding 5G communications.

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