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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.
Christopher S. Murphy, top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said Wednesday.
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.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said he couldn’t imagine that Senate Republicans would want to push appropriations negotiations into the early days of the next Congress.
Christopher S. Murphy, DeLauro’s Connecticut colleague and top Democrat on Homeland Security appropriations, said. “I don’t think we need to concede on a short-term CR. We can get a budget done.”
“Our feeling is that the Democrats have met a number of their domestic priorities previously” through 2021’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package and this year’s budget reconciliation law, which
“It would be extraordinary to hold that the Fourteenth Amendment, which itself empowers Congress to combat racial discrimination, disables Congress from adopting Section 2’s limited measures to ‘
“Get ready for a lot of 6-to-3’s.”
Kansans overwhelmingly opposed removing the right to an abortion from the state constitution, a possible bellwether for votes to come.
Lawyers say the SEC's boosting of cryptocurrency enforcement will put more scrutiny on decentralized finance platforms and NFTs.
The drama surrounding Sen. Rand Paul’s blocking of the Ukraine aid bill masks a divide over who will be the government spending watchdog.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said, adding that few had seen text of Paul’s amendment. Hagerty hold resolved Sen.
Durbin of Illinois, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Warner of Virginia, Chris Coons of Delaware, Christopher S.
Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., hadn’t received allocations yet as of Thursday afternoon.