Congress · 117th Congress
House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks
Leahy, D-Vt., total earmarked funds can’t exceed 1 percent of the overall pot of discretionary funds subject to appropriation, which is $1.6 trillion.
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White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges
The task force has set an Aug. 1 deadline for sending a report to the White House. “I think some of the threats to success [for the White House] are lack of consensus.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers reach bipartisan deal to aid school meal providers
The next adjustment is July 1. The two committees have jurisdiction over child nutrition programs, including the national school lunch and breakfast programs.
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress skeptical about Biden’s call to suspend gas tax
President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed a series of actions he said could reduce the price of gasoline by $1 per gallon, including a call for a gas tax holiday that was greeted with skepticism by members
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget
Last year’s vote was 25-1, with Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the sole opponent.
Congress · 117th Congress
Bicameral appropriations talks stalled as House charges ahead
Shelby said passing the bills by Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, is “not going to happen.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers who ran on ‘SALT’ relief prepare to face voters
Senate Democrats pushed back against the House-passed provision, which would deliver more than 30 percent of the tax benefit to the top 1 percent of households based on income, according to the Tax Policy
Congress · 117th Congress
First of many ‘touchstones’ starts Thursday in prime time for Jan. 6 committee
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., makes remarks during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol markup in the Cannon Building on Dec. 1, 2021.
Congress · 117th Congress
Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) The slimmed-down measure under discussion would raise about $1 trillion in new tax revenue — down from roughly $1.5 trillion in the House-passed “Build Back Better
Congress · 117th Congress
Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans
In February, the Senate passed by voice vote a narrower version of the bill that the Congressional Budget Office said would cost $1 billion over a decade.
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell
Corps of Engineers waterways projects, with $283 million requested to deepen the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which Weber describes on his website as the country’s “leading Energy & Military exporter and #1
Congress · 117th Congress
Commission proposes new names for bases that now honor Confederates
The commission’s final report on the renaming of the bases is due to Congress by Oct. 1. The law then directs the secretary of Defense to make the name changes by Jan. 1, 2024.
Congress · 117th Congress
Rep. Alex Mooney ‘likely violated House rules and federal law,’ ethics office concludes
You were at their beck and call for anything, even though you got official salary as well,” another aide the report identifies as former staffer 1 told OCE.
Congress · 117th Congress
Conflicting incentives for quick election-year spending deal
And among nondefense agencies, Homeland Security would receive just a 1 percent boost, while a handful of other departments would get close to, or above, increases of 20 percent.
White House · 117th Congress
VA adds nine respiratory cancers to toxic exposure benefits list
This bill would cost less — roughly $1 billion over a decade. The House hasn’t taken up the Senate-passed bill.
Congress · 117th Congress
The Senate’s treaty oversight has atrophied just as it’s needed most
Kaine’s measure, which the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced in late March by a 21-1 vote, would require a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate or an act of Congress before any president
Congress · 117th Congress
Qualified blind trust proposal receives chilled reception at congressional stock hearing
“No. 1, you know what you put in, so it’s not really blind. No. 2, apparently it’s very bureaucratic and expensive.
Congress · 117th Congress
With Senate readying vote on insulin bill, advocates seek changes
and hopefully we can make it so that it’s going to have the biggest impact for the most people,” said Shaina Kasper, policy manager for T1International, a nonprofit that advocates for people with Type 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Executives due at gas price hearing gave $1 million to parties, candidates
The six oil and gas executives scheduled to testify on price gouging before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday morning have together given more than $1 million in personal contributions
Congress · 117th Congress
Obama and Biden reunite to tout signature health care law
The proposed rule would close the family glitch loophole beginning Jan. 1, 2023. Lawmakers and advocates have pushed the administration to act on the family glitch for some time.