A “minibus” package of three appropriations bill in the Senate overcame a hurdle Thursday as Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said he expects to get a vote on his amendment after negotiations with Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

• Schumer previously called the amendment, which would allow veterans whose finances go into conservatorship to keep their firearms, a “poison pill.”
  
  
• Kennedy told The Hill, “We’re going to hotline some new language. Frankly, I think it makes my amendment stronger.”

At the Federal Communications Commission‘s (FCC) first meeting with a Democratic majority during President Biden‘s term, commissioners voted 3-2 to begin the process of reinstating net neutrality rules adopted in 2015 and repealed during the Trump administration, The Hill’s Rebecca Klar reports.

The Hill’s Elizabeth Crisp asked several experts to weigh in on President Biden‘s trip to Israel and its significance amid the Israel-Gaza war. Read their responses in The Hill’s 12:30 Report here.

“Ending the partisan Speaker of the House” — Former Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.). (Read here)

“America needs a grand strategy for outer space” — Tyler D. Bates, MS, a professional space concept developer and veteran of the United States Space Force and Air Force. (Read here)

Friday, 5 p.m. ET: NewsNation airs interviews with GOP presidential primary candidates Ron DeSantis and Asa Hutchinson from Thursday’s 2024 Presidential Forum at Winthrop University in South Carolina. (Both NewsNation and The Hill are owned by Nexstar Media Group.)

Also Friday: President Biden welcomes European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a U.S.-EU Summit.