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A statewide exit poll after the 2022 contest found Latino voters supported Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, a result Democrats are seeking to replicate.
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Self-described ‘tough lady’ Sheila Jackson Lee dead at 74
Jackson Lee ran for mayor of Houston last year, but lost a runoff in December and pivoted back to seek reelection even though a city council member had already raised more than $1 million for the race
Editor’s Note: Stock market no panacea for Biden, Democrats
The bottom 50 percent, meanwhile, held just 1 percent of those assets.
House to return next week as GOP expects spending bills to pass
For their part, House GOP leaders expect to be in Washington next week to continue negotiations with the Senate over a four-bill appropriations package whose funding expires March 1.
March stopgap funding bill unveiled ahead of Friday deadline
Congressional leaders released text of the new short-term patch that would continue current spending rates for federal agencies through March 1 and March 8, keeping the same bifurcated deadline structure
Senators to punt on border, fly home after FAA, nominations
Any nominees that have not been confirmed by Jan. 1 would have to be resubmitted by the president next year. Briana Reilly contributed to this report.
Border, supplemental aid deal looks likely to slip to January
On Friday, the Pentagon told lawmakers the last $1 billion in security assistance would be delivered at the end of the year.
Senate will be in next week as border talks pick up steam
Another issue that will keep senators from flying home is the need to take up a three-month extension of Federal Aviation Administration programs which would otherwise lapse on Jan. 1.
Top Senate appropriators detail full-year stopgap impacts
The exact level of defense spending in a full-year CR remains unclear; it could be flat-funded or subject to a 1 percent haircut, depending on the White House budget office’s eventual interpretation.
Stopgap funds bill leaves plenty of post-Thanksgiving leftovers
In all, the Pentagon has more than $5 billion in authority to continue transferring weapons to Ukraine and around $1 billion to backfill defense equipment that has already been sent abroad.
Pressure rises on online retailers to fight fakes
Counterfeits are everywhere, Tillis said at the hearing, recounting the example of a fake bicycle helmet branded as Specialized that cracked when a 180-pound person jumped on it from a 1-foot height.Â
Stopgap funding bills hung up in both chambers
At the same time, it wasn’t clear their Senate counterparts would have any better luck when that chamber votes on cloture at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Bipartisan stopgap funds bill unveiled in Senate
natural disaster victims.If it passes both chambers and President Joe Biden signs it by Saturday, the country would be spared a partial government shutdown that would begin with the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.
Fall session is all about spending, NDAA fights — and McCarthy’s ‘Hobson’s choices’
Key programs would continue receiving federal resources after Oct. 1, but a crunch could hit around Jan. 1.
Vilsack touts Biden’s biofuel support as he details new aid
Vilsack said another $450 million in grants will be awarded in $90 million tranches each quarter, with application periods starting July 1, 2023, and going through Sept. 30, 2024.
Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators
However, the odds of disappointment are much greater for senators: appropriations leaders in both chambers have agreed to cap total earmarked dollars at 1 percent of overall discretionary spending.
Scope of COVID-19 funding cuts emerges as debt limit flashpoint
Perez is a freshman who flipped a GOP-held seat last November, winning the heavily contested race by less than 1 percentage point in a district former President Donald Trump carried by about 4 points two
Energy tax credits a big test for GOP vote counters on debt bill
Illinois was No. 1 in soybeans and No. 2 in corn.
Lobbying reports show K Street is off to a strong start in 2023
Manufacturers of America, CVS Health, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, CIGNA Group and America’s Health Insurance Plans — spent a combined $37.3 million from Jan. 1
With US fossil fuel production up, GOP would step on the gas
The chamber is slated to vote next week on the legislation, labeled HR 1 to reflect its importance to GOP leadership — a compilation of energy, permitting, environmental and construction measures.