The Capitol Hill Reader, Vol. 9

The weekly government digest.

Welcome back for another weekly government digest, summarizing the actions of the President, Congress, and the Judicial Branch.

Today, we have some actions from the White House, several federal court cases, and a review of some early legislative activity from the 119th Congress.

Because the first session of the 119th Congress just started, this will be, like last week, a shorter digest. We look forward to bringing you more information on legislation once the session really gets going.

If this is your first issue of The Capitol Hill Reader, we thank you for your consideration and support. Your drive to learn about the government has driven us to find more things to tell you about. Again, thank you.

For now, we will begin with…

The Office of the President

Executive Orders

Note: if you read our mini-digest on Wednesday, you have seen some of these before.

• Over the past week, President Biden has released a number of executive orders outlining succession in various federal agencies, such as t…