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Earmarks flood spending bills after a year’s hiatus
Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.
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Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn, the ranking member on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., ranking member on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, argued no continuing resolution was necessary for the agency.
Christopher S.
↵↵For Democrats still healing from 2024's shattering loss, it's a fraught question — and the answer depends on who you ask.↵↵Count Michelle Obama in the "no" column.
Christopher S. Murphy, top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said Wednesday.
s nonvoting representative in the House, is challenging her in the Democratic primary this year.
Some of President Donald Trump's closest Senate allies expect he will support another try at a budget reconciliation bill this year.
Seven months after Trump announced a Golden Dome missile shield, lawmakers say they have yet to learn meaningful information about the plans.
Ayanna S. Pressley will not challenge Sen. Edward J. Markey in the Democratic primary next year and will seek reelection instead.
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., joined Hawley at a news conference to announce the bill’s introduction.
“This is a very different moment than March,” Connecticut Democrat Christopher S. Murphy told reporters. “I acknowledge that the call in March was tough for a lot of my colleagues.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, who co-chairs the TRIO Caucus, said at a Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing that she "strongly disagree(s)" with the proposal to
Angus King, I-Maine, who keeps an office in another building that made the list, the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta, Maine.
What we’re reading All politics is local: The 51st ponders what might happen if Congress passes a bill proposed by two Republicans to eliminate D.C.’s home rule.
But it marked a rebound from 2023’s 18.5 percent. It was also higher than the nine most recent years in which the House and presidency were controlled by opposite parties.
Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be head of the Health and Human Services Department, reflecting some of the widespread concerns lawmakers have as they approach Kennedy’s confirmation vote.
"The Radicalism of the American Revolution" by Gordon S. Wood (first published in 1991). "Wood was awarded the George F.
George S. Helmy, D-N.J., who was appointed to replace former Sen. Bob Menendez, will also not return. Stabenow, along with former Sen.