Hegseth soldiers on with meeting GOP senators
Austin III was approved 93-2, while James Mattis, Trump’s first DOD secretary, was confirmed 98-1. The Senate confirmed Mark Esper, who Trump later nominated to helm the department, on a 90-8 vote.
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(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Musician Usher leaves the Capitol after meeting with members of Congress about screening for type 1 diabetes on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep.
House GOP had lowest win rate on ‘party unity’ votes since 1982
Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., said during floor debate in November after seeking to reduce the salary of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to $1.
Lawmakers urge expanded ‘basic needs allowance’ for troops
Nearly 1 in 4 active-duty servicemembers — or about 286,800 people, not counting their family members — are beset by food insecurity, according to the most recent Pentagon survey of the force.
Biden administration cancels leases in Alaska wildlife refuge
The 2021 lease sale generated only $14.4 million, considerably less than the $1 billion figure Republican supporters, including Sen.
House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks
While spending in those two bills would grow by close to 1 percent combined from what the Senate panel released initially last year, the new Senate Appropriations leadership this year would cut earmarked
Lawmakers: Expand federal aid for hungry troops
The legislative moves come as Pentagon figures show some 286,800 personnel in the active-duty force, or nearly 1 in 4 military servicemembers, experience "low food security."
Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’
"If the Budget Committee . . . does the budget resolution by the April 1 deadline, and if it’s conferenced by the April 15 deadline, then the toplines will be established for us," Collins said.
Policy · 118th Congress
As Willow project decision nears, Alaska ponders ties to oil
In its environmental analysis released Feb. 1, Interior recommended narrowing the project from five drilling sites to three, though the department said it has “substantial concerns” about Willow
Congress · 118th Congress
Alaska Democrat: Environmentalism and oil need to ‘coexist’
And the infrastructure necessary for the project would make it easier to build other developments nearby, like proposed drill sites Cassin, West Willow, Harpoon, Merlin 1 and Merlin 2 — which would lead
Policy · 118th Congress
Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech
“There are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type 1 diabetes who need insulin to stay alive,” Biden said to applause from Democrats and a few
Policy · 118th Congress
EPA blocks mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed
Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, while acknowledging that some in the state may be disappointed, celebrated the decision and said that rebuilding salmon runs and protecting fisheries was the No. 1 reason she ran