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Concerns grow about lame-duck appetite to stop steep budget cuts
The 2010 pay-as-you-go law is poised to require $100 billion in spending cuts just after this year's holiday season.
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The 2010 pay-as-you-go law is poised to require $100 billion in spending cuts just after this year's holiday season.
Retiring House Budget Committee chair shares his parting thoughts about Congress and “the stench of MAGA world.”
Regulators may feel congressional pressure to finish some fintech rules after the midterms, but a GOP majority would want a light touch.
The proposed cuts are recommended by an advisory commission, but some lawmakers say they would devastate the home health industry.
The U.S. Trade Representative is taking the lead in trade talks with Taiwan, with the first round expected to take place this fall.
The House passed legislation Friday that would give as much as $3 billion in payments to spouses and children of Sept. 11 victims.
The House cleared a temporary spending bill needed to avoid a partial government shutdown ahead of Friday night's deadline.
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared for a voluntary interview Thursday before the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
From big dreams to party crashers, the early days were eventful as developers built Congress.gov and advocates pushed for transparency.
The Senate passed a short-term spending measure Thursday, sending to the House a bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown.
The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress approved 23 new recommendations and one old one in a brief markup Thursday.
Rep. Ruben Gallego unveiled a bill that would let DACA participants enlist in the military and ultimately obtain a pathway to citizenship.
A Republican proposal would open workplace retirement plans to a bigger range of investments, including hedge funds and cryptocurrency.
A House committee is holding hearings to examine how to make it easier for small businesses to get a more diverse workforce.
For now, states will have to take a patchwork approach to paying for the ongoing public health crisis, Biden administration officials said.
President Biden also appeared to forget that a Republican lawmaker who backed the hunger conference was killed in a car accident last month.
A bipartisan insulin affordability measure faces myriad obstacles, but a Senate duo hope the lame duck offers promise for passage.
Sen. Joe Manchin's energy permitting bill has some bipartisan elements that could be used to change how infrastructure projects are greenlit.
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., agreed Tuesday to remove his energy infrastructure permitting proposal from the short-term spending bill.
Congress is providing billions for science and tech research and lawmakers are now worried that foreign rivals could steal the results.