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Spending bill report would overhaul Capitol Police
The report, released ahead of a Tuesday markup, stops short of calling for the department to be bound by the Freedom of Information Act.
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Biden plan gives moderate Democrats sticker shock
ANALYSIS — As Democratic leaders prep to ram through trillions of dollars in new spending, some members worry about the fiscal consequences.
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Spending panel releases trial balloon on raising member pay
House appropriators are testing the waters on raising member pay, an issue that is fraught with political peril.
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Onetime backer of drug pricing bill turns foe
Rep. Scott Peters’ opposition to “international reference pricing” language is notable, as he voted for similar provisions in 2019 and ’20.
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Unkept promise on elections overhaul leaves Democrats scrambling
ANALYSIS — The demise of Democrats’ elections, campaign finance and ethics overhaul is demonstrating more fissures within the party.
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3 House Republicans fined for not wearing mask on floor
Republicans from Florida, Iowa and Texas are being fined for not wearing masks on the House floor at a time they were required.
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Intelligence agencies: UFOs are real but origins a mystery
Report confirms pilots observed and at times recorded more than 100 instances of high-speed craft whose origin could not be identified.
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Supreme Court reshapes Congress’ power to allow lawsuits
A Supreme Court decision Friday about a class-action lawsuit limits Congress’ power to determine who can file a federal lawsuit.
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McCarthy has ‘no’ regrets opposing Jan. 6 independent commission
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has no regrets opposing a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Some moderate Democrats oppose Biden spending package, as progressives feared
Progressive Democrats’ fears that their more moderate colleagues won’t support President Joe Biden’s fiscal agenda are starting to bear out.
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Pelosi announces select committee will investigate Jan. 6 attack
Democrats will control the new panel after Republicans in both chambers opposed creating an independent commission.
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House Legislative Branch spending bill advances
The measure includes significant boosts for the beleaguered Capitol Police force, and the Members' Representational Allowance.
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Earmark requests grow as House Appropriations panels begin work
House appropriations earmark requests have grown by $1.2 billion as the committee prepares to start releasing fiscal 2022 spending bills.
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Whitehouse bolsters push to shine light on ‘dark money’ at Supreme Court
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is highlighting a slice of government accountability that can be inscrutable to the public and unwieldy to describe.
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Yarmuth: House budget blueprint won’t veer too far from Senate’s
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth said Democrats in his chamber may be zeroing in on a more than $5 trillion budget blueprint.
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Pentagon leaders push back on GOP ‘critical race theory’ accusations
When two GOP House members bring up 'critical race theory,' Joint Chiefs chairman and Defense secretary fire back.
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House spending bill boosts Capitol Police, office budgets
The House Legislative Branch appropriations bill would significantly boost congressional agencies like Capitol Police.
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Lawmaker on Vanessa Guillén Act: ‘When we have a system that fails victims, everyone is failed’
Watch the video for his full comments on the bipartisan effort and incidents of sexual assault in the military within his own district.
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Supreme Court smacks Congress on structure of Federal Housing Finance Agency
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress went too far in trying to establish the independence of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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Retiring Toomey looms large over Senate transport bill
The Senate’s surface transportation reauthorization bill may lay in part in the hands of one of Congress’ most outspoken critics of transit.