Bill S.4366 titled “A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to seek to cooperate with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial system, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst with Cory Booker, James Lankford, Jacklyn Rosen as cosponsors.
Bill S.Res.669 titled “A resolution condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine”. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley with Cory Booker, Robert Menendez, James Risch, John Thune, Todd Young as cosponsors.
The Foreign Relations Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to seek to cooperate with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial system, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes. | Sen. Ernst, Joni | Senate |
| A resolution condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine. | Sen. Merkley, Jeff |
