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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.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., have both introduced counterpart resolutions related to D.C.’s noncitizen voting bill. Neither have any Democratic co-sponsors.
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.”
“There‘’’s a reason that fire extinguishers exist in hotels, that there’s a requirement for it. Because at some point in time, a cataclysmic event happened and the laws changed.”
President Joe Biden’s pardon for thousands of people convicted of possessing marijuana may have a limited impact on its own but pushes debate.
The freight rail industry is bucking a Biden proposal that would force it to share tracks with competitors to make shipping more efficient.
New permutations of S. B. 8 are coming.
The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that asks it to overturn decisions that established the right to abortion.
And an amendment by Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen would make Washington, D.C.’s mayor, not the president, the leader of the D.C. National Guard.
As Congress weighs Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, how the money for passenger rail would be spent will be an important question.
The Biden administration announced health care executive actions on expanding access to reproductive health care and supporting health insurance enrollment.
An adverse Supreme Court ruling could throw a wrench into the president's plans to build on the 2010 health care law Trump sought to overturn
Companies in the S&P 500 spent $806 billion in buybacks in 2018 and real average hourly earnings only rose 1.7 percent that year.
Ralph S. Northam confirmed that the state would modify its Medicaid waivers. The state legislature is expected to rescind the work requirements.
Besides asking for extra money, lawmakers have also drafted proposals to confront Russia and to shield special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into the 2016 election meddling.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Connecticut, on Sunday night. “Every Democrat will join you. Show the courage and grace to save these children, and our nation.”