House Rules Committee Advances 3 Bills to Floor Vote for Lame Duck Adoption

The House Rules Committee has advanced three proposed bills to the floor, with one measure installing a “hard” Oct. 1 annual deadline for federal college assistance applications. That bill has enough bipartisan momentum potentially to be adopted by the lame-duck Congress by year’s end. After a 40-minute hearing on Nov. 12 attended by nine of 13 members, the panel moved The FAFSA Deadline Act to a chamber vote with little objection. It could be heard on the floor this week. Two other measures—a geothermal land-use bill and a proposal to make copper a critical mineral—drew “wait until next year” responses from Democrats, who will be minorities in both chambers when the 119th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025....