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Debt ceiling bill stalls again in Senate as pressure grows
The House-passed measure did not include $1 billion requested for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system after progressives protested the provision.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Pentagon told Biden not to withdraw from Afghanistan
Reached in February 2020, the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban committed to a complete U.S. withdrawal by May 1, 2021, so long as the Taliban met stipulated conditions.
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Lawmakers scramble for Plan B on stopgap funds, debt ceiling
Before House passage, Democratic leaders removed $1 billion for the Iron Dome system, an Israeli government request after 12 days of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip in May.
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GOP reconsiders retirement bill as Democrats push new mandate
Insurers are Neal’s top lifetime campaign contributors, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, with MassMutual employees being Neal’s No. 1 lifetime donor.
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House passes abortion rights legislation
The Supreme Court also announced Monday that it will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a highly anticipated case involving a Mississippi abortion law that will determine if states can implement restrictions
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Bipartisan Policy Center: Debt limit breach possible after Oct. 15
The BPC estimated that the debt limit would be reinstated the following day at $30.8 trillion, or $2.4 trillion above where it was reinstated on Aug. 1 after the last suspension in 2019.
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House votes on infrastructure, reconciliation hang in the balance
agenda across the finish line, lawmakers are starting down a Thursday deadline to pass a stopgap funding measure needed to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.
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House passes Israel Iron Dome funding with some Democratic defections
The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1 billion in supplemental military assistance to Israel, but there were some notable Democrats in opposition.
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Infrastructure vote suspense prompts worries about highway bill
DeFazio’s bill to reauthorize spending for surface transportation, as well as drinking water and wastewater projects, passed the House on July 1, but Senate negotiators crafting the bipartisan infrastructure
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House passes major defense policy bill
Garamendi’s amendment would have also blocked funding for the W87-1 warhead, which is the warhead slotted to be deployed in the GBSD. The amendment was defeated on a 118-299 vote.
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Civility in Congress has turned into a joke. This panel is taking it seriously
“We’ve been working on this particular subject really for 2 1/2 years, we have 15 months left and I think it’s the hardest area,” he said. “I think it’s extremely important.
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Many lingering questions despite ‘framework’ for reconciliation offsets
Biden wanted to start taxing gains on inherited assets above $1 million, or $2.5 million per couple factoring in the current tax exclusion for up to $500,000 in gains on a primary residence.
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House defense policy debate underway
progressives, would limit the department’s funding to only what the Pentagon requested, thereby negating an additional $25 billion added by the House Armed Service Committee during its markup on Sept. 1.
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Potential fallback for debt ceiling fraught with complications
In the Senate, if the Budget Committee has not reported a budget resolution by April 1, the deadline in budget law, one or more budget resolutions can be introduced after that date and automatically
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Democrats split over military aid to Israel
The $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket-defense shield was in an initial version of the resolution but, after progressives said they’d oppose the measure if it was included, was deleted from
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House passes stopgap funding, debt ceiling suspension bill
The package advanced after a few hours of drama earlier in the day over an initial decision to grant Israel’s $1 billion request for air defense system funds.
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Democrats support probe into border altercation with Haitians
In all of fiscal 2021, CBP has recorded more than 1 million unique encounters with migrants, compared to just over 850,000 during the same period in fiscal 2019.
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Moderate Democrats not monolithic about their budget concerns
“It would have to be way under $1 trillion for me to get remotely interested,” he said. Hawaii Rep.
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Capitol Police chief: ‘We’ll be ready’ for Sept. 18 rally
National Guard troops would be available if the rally — expected to end around 1:15 p.m. in Union Square, on the west side of the Capitol — goes longer than anticipated.