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Congress rejects Biden’s proposed cut to biosafety program
Congress rejected a Biden administration proposal to reduce funding for a Defense Department biological threat preparedness program.
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Congress rejected a Biden administration proposal to reduce funding for a Defense Department biological threat preparedness program.
The Senate confirms ambassador to WTO as lawmakers ready legislation that would push for Russian removal from the trade body.
Tourism concerns led D.C.’s delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, to call for the Capitol’s reopening in a press release Tuesday.
But senators hunting for revenue to offset the bipartisan infrastructure law last summer included an early repeal of the tax break, cutting it off for 2021’s final quarter.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., warned, “I think there’ll still be a debate over that new number.”
Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Chair Christopher S.
As top Senate Democrats finalize their plan for making marijuana legal nationwide, industry and advocacy groups are urging a lower tax rate.
Instead, the Senate last week approved a six-page nonbinding resolution (S Res 519), a symbolic motion that carries no legislative weight, that scolded Putin for building up over 150,000 troops on the
Republican and Democratic lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to unleash harsh economic sanctions to punish Russia for attacking Ukraine.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J. said he was pleased to see so many of the announced sanctions match what was in contained in legislation (S 3488) he previously wrote.
“What we’re hoping is to get that in an omnibus package,” said Megan S. Herber, director at the law and lobbying firm Faegre Drinker.
Durbin of Illinois, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Warner of Virginia, Chris Coons of Delaware, Christopher S.
Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., criticized the exclusion of cannabis businesses from federal pandemic relief provided to other small businesses. “This exclusion has added insult to injury.
“We have made historic progress on D.C. statehood this Congress, and the unveiling of D.C.’s second statue in the Capitol is the latest recognition by the House that D.C. deserves to be a state,”
Mike Rounds, R-S-D., changed his “no” vote to “present” to pair with Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M, who would have voted in favor of the nomination.
New York Rep. Kathleen Rice is the 30th House Democrat to decide not to run again this year with control of the chamber at stake.
Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., who is spearheading an effort to ban stock trading by members of Congress and their families (S 3494), said he was still reviewing materials.
Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., hadn’t received allocations yet as of Thursday afternoon.
The law also added a 20 percent deduction for owners of pass-through businesses like partnerships and S corporations, whose owners are taxed at the individual level with a top rate of 37 percent.
And until it is enacted, the federal government, currently operating under a continuing resolution, is stuck at fiscal 2021’s levels.