When President Joe Biden on April 10 signed into law a House Republican-initiated measure ending the national emergency enacted in 2020 in response to the pandemic, it marked the second time he has approved a bill launched in the Republican-led lower chamber of Congress.
Democrats retained control of the Senate after the 2022 midterms, leading to widespread doubt about whether the Republican-led House of Representatives would see any bill it passed become law. But that’s not how things have gone in the three months since the 118th Congress convened.
