Policy · 114th Congress
Past Appropriations to Loom Large in Future Defense Measure
A continuing resolution keeping the government running past the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2017 now appears all but certain.
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Policy · 114th Congress
Blood Tests for House Staffers Concerned About Tainted Water
Samples were drawn from Rayburn on July 1. Longworth, Ford and the East and West House Underground Garages were sampled Wednesday.
Policy · 114th Congress
Protesters Shower Dollar Bills on Senate
Protesters Shower Dollar Bills on Senate (Video) [jwp-video n=”1″] The demonstration occurred ahead of a Senate procedural vote on whether to move forward on a bill that would mandate
Policy · 114th Congress
Utah Senator Meets Inmate Who Inspired Sentencing Law Rewrite
Utah Senator Meets Inmate Who Inspired Sentencing Law Rewrite (Video) [jwp-video n=”1″] [ ‘Sentencing Reform’ is Seriously Stuck ] The legal action that freed Angelos
Policy · 114th Congress
White House Outlines Next Steps on Cancer ‘Moonshot’
[ Biden Bets Pope’s Support for Cancer ‘Moonshot’ ] The model, which will begin on July 1 and last through June 30, 2021, will align financial incentives in an aim to lower costs
Policy · 114th Congress
Benghazi Report Describes Inertia, Failure to Recognize Risks
Benghazi Committee Declines to Fault Clinton [jwp-video n=”1″] “The one thing we conclude in our report is we didn’t seem to have the urgency that was needed.”
Policy · 114th Congress
Coal State Lawmakers Seek to Link Puerto Rico to Miner Pensions
Lew warned the Senate in a letter on Monday that there’s a real July 1 deadline for debt payments. Separately, Sen.
Policy · 114th Congress
Breaking: Democrats’ House Sit-In Wrapping Up
Update (Thursday, 1:00 p.m.): A Democratic aide said Rep.
Policy · 114th Congress
House Democrats Stage Chamber Floor Sit-In For Gun Vote
Democrats Stage House Sit-In For Gun Vote [jwp-video n=”1″] The White House offered its support, saying Democratic members are “rightly frustrated” that Republican leaders will not
Policy · 114th Congress
Puerto Rico’s Economic Crisis in One Chart
As the territory is facing a $2 billion payment due July 1, Congress is considering a measure to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt under the purview of a mediation board or in federal court.
Policy · 114th Congress
Zika Deal in the Works as CDC Reports Virus-Linked Birth Defects
The House is scheduled to work just one more week in June, leaving little time for negotiators to bridge wide differences in each chamber’s Zika spending proposal before their target date of July 1.
Policy · 114th Congress
Congressman Who Read Anti-Gay Bible Verse Prays for Orlando Victims’ Loved Ones
Allen told CQ he does not feel a need to clarify his intention behind reading from Romans 1:18-32 and Revelations 22:18-19 during the May 26 Republican conference meeting.
Policy · 114th Congress
Filibuster Over, Senate Will Take Up Two Gun-Control Measures
[ Donald Trump to Talk to NRA About No Fly, No Buy Push ] Senate Democrats Begin Filibuster Over Gun Control [jwp-video n=”1″] At several points in his filibuster, Murphy
Policy · 114th Congress
Fact-Checking Paul Ryan on Puerto Rico Comments
The territory has said it likely will default on a $2 billion debt payment due July 1. Get breaking news alerts and more from Roll Call on your iPhone or your Android.
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Congressman Takes Aim at Ethics Agency
The measure would have taken the agency’s roughly $1 million budget and send the money to the Library of Congress’ service for the blind and physically handicapped.
Policy · 114th Congress
LGBT Uproar Ends Years of Open Debate on Spending Bills
Nearly every year over that period, Congress has relied on a continuing resolution to start the new fiscal year Oct. 1 when the prior year’s funding expires.
Policy · 114th Congress
Senate Votes to Go to Conference on Zika Spending
In mid-April, Barbara A Mikulski of Maryland, the top Democrat on Senate Appropriations, had already tagged July 1 as the deadline for clearing a Zika response.
Policy · 114th Congress
Senate Adopts Amendment Urging DOD to Secure Nuclear Missiles
Many lawmakers who represent helicopter manufacturers would like their companies to vie for that award, which could be valued at more than $1 billion.
Policy · 114th Congress
Time Is Not on Our Side: How to Get More Americans Saving for Retirement
too many Americans — nearly 40% of working households — still have no access to an employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plan, which has become the foundation for retirement savings in the U.S.1
Policy · 114th Congress
Where Things Stand as Congress Leaves Town
[ As Zika Risk Escalates, Congress Heads Out ] Puerto Rico The U.S. territory is facing a July 1 deadline to pay off some of its $72 billion in debt, as the island’s financial situation