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.
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Tough sledding for proposal targeting Trump investigator
rule amendment to the fiscal 2024 Agriculture appropriations bill that would reduce the salary of Stacy Dean, deputy undersecretary of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Agriculture Department, to $1.
Generational shift ushers in new era for Senate earmarks split
For the second consecutive year, Alaska is fourth in overall earmarks but No. 1 in per capita "congressionally directed spending," with about $633.88 per resident in the Senate bills.
Biden designates national monument for lands near Grand Canyon
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation designating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon National Park on Tuesday, providing stronger protections for nearly 1 million acres and permanently removing
Red states’ revenge evident in House earmarks distribution
Despite that 28 percent decline, to $858 million, California is still No. 1 among states in total earmarks.
Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth
Republican on the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, secured $465 million for her remote home state, a slight decrease from last year’s Senate bills but still enough to put her at No. 1.
House passes Military Construction-VA bill, cancels Friday votes
Instead, the House was preparing to leave town Thursday afternoon for the long August recess having passed only one of the 12 bills needed by Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year begins.
Republicans hoover up earmarks in House spending bills
No. 1 on the list is Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., who secured $273.3 million, mostly for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chickamauga Lock project in Chattanooga
Granger sets fiscal 2024 funding targets below debt limit deal
That figure is 1 percent below a continuing resolution at fiscal 2023 levels.
Inspector general faults Park Police in 2020 protest response
Both officers, who received training in 2019 about how to use force, were part of a forceful sweep by law enforcement agencies of Lafayette Park, north of the White House, on June 1, 2020, of protestors
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.
House passes GOP energy bill
Democrats responded that a dearth of federal workers to process permits is behind sluggish approval for infrastructure projects, adding that $1 billion from the 2022 climate law was set aside to hire workers
Sweeping GOP energy bill would sweep away Biden’s climate agenda
"It is especially atrocious for Republicans to reward this package with its most coveted slot of ’H.R. 1,’" Chieffo said, contrasting it with the legislation Democrats introduced last Congress that included
Tester run helps Democrats, but Montana still an uphill fight
The poll, taken by a firm run by a former Gianforte campaign manager, surveyed 534 likely voters Jan. 30-Feb. 1 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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
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
Policy · 118th Congress
Spending law presents challenges for environmental regulators
As whales migrate along the Eastern Seaboard, they may move through about 1 million vertical ropes, Kessler said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Rubio backs $33 billion Florida hurricane aid supplemental
.$1 billion for the EPA, most of which would fund clean water grants.$400 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, half of which would go toward fisheries assistance.$300 million
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin push on pipeline approval recalls 1970s dam project
Schumer, D-N.Y., said he plans to fold Manchin’s bill into legislation to keep the government open into the new budget year, which begins Oct. 1. Sen.
Congress · 117th Congress
Auditors: Senior appropriators’ states dominate earmark tally
The Pentagon and Department of Health and Human Services both also received over $1 billion, getting just under $1.3 billion each.