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Despite impasse on CR, Thune pushes forward on DHS spending bill
John Kennedy, R-La., said. "That way we can get TSA and Coast Guard and FEMA funded."
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John Kennedy, R-La., said. "That way we can get TSA and Coast Guard and FEMA funded."
↵↵"It's hard to predict right now how this all plays out, but I do think there's a good back-and-forth on substantive issues, so we'll see where it could go," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D
↵↵"We've had a lot of folks who've worked hard," said House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., just before the vote.
↵↵"I hope we can find consensus around these issues," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on the floor Monday. "But one thing is clear.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., for example, says he's determined to strip $5.2 billion for a refugee assistance program run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
John Kennedy, R-La., while emphasizing that he could change his mind on the best path forward. "But in the meantime, try to do a CR and pass the other ones."
Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told reporters on Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "should be out of a job" over her handling of the agency and tensions in Minnesota.
↵↵Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he hopes the call and Trump's decision to send Homan to Minneapolis lead to "turning down the temperature and restoring order."
↵↵Graves and Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have both indicated a willingness to move some discretionary funds in the 2021 law to formula grants for states.
↵↵House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Wednesday he had formally invited the president to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue to address Congress next month, after previously teasing the date to reporters
Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said.↵↵"I haven't heard of anybody taking or threatening military action specifically against Greenland," Rounds added with a chuckle. "And I don't take it seriously."
↵↵The House is expected to reconvene Wednesday to take up the bill, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he would give his chamber 36 hours to travel back to Washington.
John Kennedy, R-La. "I don't see anything changing, if at all, for a while."↵↵Even before the conference, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., called the plan a nonstarter in its current form.
After Biden ordered a second, then a third object to be shot down late last week, House Intelligence Chairman Michael R.
Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., referring to McCarthy, who has held an initial round of debt ceiling talks with the president.
After all, he recently promised Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., they would treat one another with “respect.” He also needs GOP members to help him avert a first-ever national debt default.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, and Financial Services Chairman Patrick T.
“I’m a business guy,” National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Rick Scott, R-Fla., told CQ Senate on Tuesday. “The first step in fixing a problem is acknowledging you have one.”
EPA Administrator Michael Regan, an alum of North Carolina A&T, was among those introducing Biden in Greensboro.
Reports of the potential cuts package have sparked concerns among Democrats as well as GOP lawmakers including Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Senate State-Foreign Operations