House Democrats released an aggressive agenda to cap off Democrats’ first 100 days in the majority, as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer laid out in a letter to members. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Congress House Dems to take up gender pay gap, domestic violence laws

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Monday formally rolled out the party’s agenda for the next month, eyeing high-profile votes on the gender pay gap, net neutrality and domestic violence laws.

None of the bills — which have few GOP cosponsors — are expected to make it through the Republican-controlled Senate, at least without substantial revisions. But it’s an aggressive agenda to cap off Democrats’ first 100 days in the majority, as Hoyer laid out in a letter to members, obtained by POLITICO.


One exception is a bipartisan war powers resolution that would end the U.S. involvement in Yemen, one version of which has already passed the House. The Senate-passed measure will go directly to Trump’s desk, where he has said he will veto it.

When lawmakers return from recess next week, the House plans to take up the Paycheck Fairness Act to toughen penalties for companies violating equal pay rules. It is expected to easily pass, with 239 co-sponsors.

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Lawmakers will also vote next week to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, as Democrats make a final attempt to halt the president’s attempts to build his so-called border wall without Congress’s approval. That vote is widely expected to fail, with Democrats unable to secure support from more than 50 Republicans.

The week of April 1, Democrats plan to vote on the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, which has just a single Republican backer out of nearly 90 cosponsors. The bill advanced out of the Judiciary Committee on party lines, with Republicans complaining that Democrats have sought to add new protections for transgender individuals and new restrictions on gun rights.

The following week, Democrats will vote to halt the Trump administration’s contentious net neutrality rules with the Save the Internet Act.

