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want a blend of spending cuts and new revenue to deal with the deficit and to replace automatic fiscal 2013 spending cuts mandated by the 2011 debt deal (PL 112-25) that are scheduled to begin March 1.
The measure would authorize $200 million in grants each year over a five-year period, the summary said, with up to $1 million available for eligible schools each grant year based on student population
But it’s no doubt in reaction to the rumored threat of a primary from attorney Ro Khanna, who has congressional ambitions and a war chest in excess of $1 million.
On the other, as the report notes, this means the federal government has improved by only about 1 percent in its oversight since 2009.
During the same time, we’ve run annual deficits of more than $1 trillion for four years in a row.
Updated 1:17 p.m. | The founder and director of a grass-roots conservative group said he expects Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, to face a primary challenge.
He pointed to a Sunlight Foundation analysis showing that the NRA’s PAC spent more than $11 million in the 2012 elections but enjoyed a less than 1 percent return on its investment.
House Meets at 1 p.m. for a pro forma session. Senate Convenes at 10 a.m. Recesses for weekly caucus lunches from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m.
During this extraordinarily dark period, children by the thousands were recruited into the Congolese military and 1 in 3 women were subjected to sexual and gender-based violence as a tool of war.
The final plan would have required more than $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending cuts, added almost $1 trillion in new revenue (coming largely from tax changes but also from higher taxes) and
Their unwillingness, along with that of the Obama administration, will ultimately trigger the sequester that was part of the 2011 debt deal when the two-month postponement expires March 1, he added.
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The House reconvenes for a pro forma session at 1 p.m. Jan. 29. Senate Convenes at 2 p.m. Roll call votes expected.
They have set an internal deadline to unveil their principles by Feb. 1, Congressional sources said. The group includes Republican Sens.
when lawmakers are wrestling with coming across-the-board cuts, otherwise known as a sequester, that were mandated under the deficit reduction law (PL 112-25) and are now set to go into effect March 1.
Participants will attempt to consume the following in 45 minutes: 1 Smackin’ Big Daddy Sandwich (an oversized sandwich with a half-pound of pulled pork and a Texas brisket sausage, topped with Monster
This process will be completed by Jan. 1, 2016.
Americans United for Life, which has raised its profile since moving its headquarters from Chicago to Washington in 2009, had a $4 million budget in 2010, tax filings show, up from about $1 million in
Democrats and the White House praised the House GOP’s decision to move on the short-term extension as a victory, explaining that the measure was a sign Republicans have dropped their demands to extract $1
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