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Lawmakers eye NDAA to limit military gear transfers to police
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Lawmakers eye NDAA to limit military gear transfers to police - Defense
Brian Miller, the new pandemic inspector general, told senators he would report pressure to drop audits or investigations to Congress
House Judiciary Committee chairman threatens to slash the attorney general's budget for his personal office if he does not testify before the panel.
Measure is expected to closely mirror a framework offered by Democrats in January, including climate resilience provisions.
The House could return to session earlier than June 30 to consider legislation to overhaul policing laws in response to the killing of George Floyd and nationwide unrest about racial injustices, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Tuesday.
Russell Vought has run the OMB as acting director since January 2019, when his predecessor, Mick Mulvaney, became acting White House chief of staff.
Congress is considering a wide array of responses to the death of George Floyd, but it is unclear what may have an impact.
Despite a 7 p.m. D.C. curfew, ongoing protests and possible military deployment to the district, the Senate did not alter its schedule.
Legal experts are wary of an "almost unintelligible" law that could muddle the election outcome. It's unlikely, but 2020 is a year of historic worsts.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin a legal process that could remove three headstones containing swastikas and messages honoring Adolf Hitler.
The Equality Act hasn't progressed after it passed the House last year, but Rep. David Cicilline says that vote was a historic moment for LGBTQ rights.
House Democrats' massive pandemic relief bill would cost nearly $3.5 trillion, according to an official estimate, dwarfing the previous record-setting March package.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would take up a House bill providing more flexibility in the Paycheck Protection Porgram.
Democrats call for systemic change. But they did little in their first week back in session that would suggest they believe they can begin that process now.
A bipartisan group of 60 House members wrote to their leaders Monday asking them to start tackling deficits and debt in the next coronavirus aid bill.
An updated House schedule shows the chamber will only have one floor voting day in June while focusing on committee work that month.
President Donald Trump said Friday he would be redirecting U.S. funds away from the World Health Organization.
The House plans to pass its fiscal 2021 appropriations bills before leaving town for the August recess, according to Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.
Rep. Donna Shalala, a Florida Democrat, sold off more shares this month, according to her period transaction report.
Backers say if Congress passes a bill aimed at reviving the economy in the wake of the pandemic, it should include money for their long-sought project.