Johnson offers up two-tiered stopgap funds plan
Other extensions The measure would extend most lapsed farm bill programs through Sept. 30, 2024, retroactive to the beginning of this fiscal year on Oct. 1.Â
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Johnson: House GOP looking at new twist to stopgap funds fight
The surprise proposal was the latest wrinkle in a delayed appropriations process for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, as some in a divided GOP conference seek additional spending cuts.
Explaining the sudden rush of 2024 candidate announcements
July 1, the beginning of the third quarter, fell on a Saturday, followed by the July 4 holiday on Tuesday.
Debt bill dissatisfaction threatens deeper GOP rift
Still, a sizable chunk of the conference is planning to oppose the bill because they don’t think it cuts spending enough — especially in exchange for suspending the debt limit until Jan. 1, 2025, an estimated
Parties moving closer on debt ceiling deal as talks drag on
But spending would grow just 1 percent the following year, in line with the GOP bill. Talks remained fluid as negotiators worked into the night Thursday.
White House defends Biden’s travel to Japan amid debt talks
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York complained that, "with only 15 days until the June 1 deadline, Joe Biden is jetting off to Asia."
Debt crisis: Biden should seek a 14th Amendment legal ruling. Trump just showed why
Not a single option guarantees the country doesn’t default on or around June 1. None would ensure a smooth path toward an outcome.
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer says he expects omnibus to include electoral count overhaul
The bill, which the Senate Rules Committee reported out in October by a 14-1 vote, has broad support in the Senate.
Opinion · 117th Congress
You can’t ‘pivot away’ from sick stunts and cruelty
Consider how little has been reported on the fate of a 1-month-old baby dropped off in front of the Washington, D.C., residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, courtesy of Abbott.
Congress · 117th Congress
White House $47B supplemental request seeks COVID, Ukraine funding
Congress reconvenes next week to start working on stopgap funding legislation on which President Joe Biden’s signature is required before Oct. 1 in order to avert a partial government shutdown.
Congress · 117th Congress
House prepping stopgap funding bill through mid-December
Anything that can’t get 60 votes in the evenly divided Senate will need to be dropped or risk being unable to pass a continuing resolution by Oct. 1, which would lead to a partial government shutdown
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Gas price gouging focus of new ads backing House Democrats
Since May 1, Democratic campaigns and outside groups have spent at least a combined $1.4 million on broadcast television ads talking about high gas prices or lowering them, according to data collected
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
Pelosi dismisses gas tax hiatus, says consumers wouldn’t benefit
a group of six Senate Democrats — four seeking reelection — who last month introduced a bill to cut the excise tax on gasoline produced, imported or sold from 18.4 cents per gallon to zero until Jan. 1,
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats plot March legislative push on inflation
A group of Democrats introduced a bill last week to cut the excise tax on gasoline produced, imported or sold from 18.4 cents per gallon to zero until Jan. 1, 2023.
Congress · 117th Congress
A Groundhog Day fight in Rules Committee over resolutions of inquiry
However, the language, which has been included in committee resolutions for more than 1 1/2 years, limits the use of resolutions of inquiry — a legislative tool to request that the executive branch
Opinion · 117th Congress
Americans who excuse violence need to see the world through Maxine McNair’s eyes — and soul
A recent Washington Post-University of Maryland poll found that about 1 in 3 Americans believed violence against the government could at times be justified.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
What’s in the new voting bill the Senate is trying to take up
new package comes mainly from two bills, including the Freedom to Vote Act, which was itself a compromise offered by Manchin in response to a broader House bill known as the For the People Act, or HR 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
IRS: Tax filing season to start Jan. 24
While the IRS typically enters tax season with a backlog of about 1 million unprocessed returns, that number is several times larger this year, according to Treasury officials, who couldn’t give
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden to mobilize military to hospitals for omicron winter surge
New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data suggest omicron grew from about 1 percent of cases in early December to 73 percent of cases in the U.S. two weeks later.