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Contractor’s ‘excess’ profits reignite debate on Pentagon oversight
Congress is considering legislation to require government contractors to reveal more about their pricing, setting off a partisan debate.
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Congress is considering legislation to require government contractors to reveal more about their pricing, setting off a partisan debate.
Lawmakers and staff won't have to leave the Capitol complex for grub or coffee, despite D.C.'s expansive COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., argued the sanctions in Cruz’ bill wouldn’t actually succeed by themselves in killing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
House and Senate leaders removed bipartisan provisions targeting Saudi Arabia before the House passed its defense policy bill.
The aide noted that more amendments were included in past years in the catch-all manager’s package, with only 57 in this year’s compared to 98 in the fiscal 2020 bill’s and 141 in fiscal 2021’s.
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Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said Monday. “Every single day that we’re consumed by internal debates and internal arguments is a day that we’re not actively selling this.”
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., who hours earlier had dismissed McConnell’s offer as a “terrible idea,” said using reconciliation to raise the debt limit would set a “horrendous” precedent.
Jayapal’s comments that she’s not on board with that process put her in the same camp as some of the moderate members her group sparred with over the budget resolution (S Con Res 14) that unlocked
The opposing votes included well-known Democratic members of the progressive “squad,” such as Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna S.
Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., has introduced a bill that would require full COVID vaccination or a negative test for domestic air and Amtrak travel.
That’s why advocates of the voting rights bill say they’re also lobbying for the campaign finance and elections bill known as the For the People Act, or HR 1 in the House and S 1 in the Senate.
Most unforgettable campaign moment: In 1994, the year of the Republican Revolution, Holt did communications for the congressional campaign of George Nethercutt, who ousted Speaker Thomas S.
“Bernie Sanders controls this chamber along with the liberal squad,” he added, a reference to a group of Democrats including Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna S.
“I read it from cover to cover, and again, it}s a reference book. It’s not meant to be read like that,” McCrary said. “But, to me, it read like a narrative. From there I was hooked.”
The committee broke from past precedent this year and opted not to approve a slate of subcommittee spending levels, known as 302(b)s, before it approved the fiscal 2022 Agriculture, Energy-Water
Individual senators’ holds on bipartisan amendments slowed debate on a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday.
Republican lawmakers united Wednesday to reject a motion to begin debate on a $1.2 trillion, eight-year bipartisan infrastructure package.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said. Murphy is not in the negotiating group, but others who are agreed. “I’m with Schumer on this plan,” said Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va.
U-S-A: In honor of the upcoming Olympic Games, elections analyst Nathan L.