Stopgap funding bills hung up in both chambers
At the same time, it wasn’t clear their Senate counterparts would have any better luck when that chamber votes on cloture at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Suits are back: It’s been a wild two weeks for the Senate floor’s dress code
security or exclude additional aid for Ukraine have few observers predicting that the measure can pass both chambers and get President Joe Biden’s signature before the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.
Shutdowns of the past were ‘emotional,’ ‘terrible’ for Hill staffers
With lots of action this week but little real movement to fund the government before Oct. 1, staffers in both parties say they’re starting to worry — and to wonder what it might mean for them.
Lawmakers look at data privacy in post-Dobbs world
Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, abortion prosecution was not a new phenomenon: According to Pregnancy Justice, there were 1,396 criminal arrests for pregnancy-related cases between Jan. 1,
GOP candidates partially blame shutdown threat on Trump debt
However, the national debt actually grew by $1.5 trillion between October 1, 2020, and October 1, 2021." If all of fiscal 2021 is included, the total grows to $8.2 trillion.
Shutdown would not halt federal criminal cases against Trump in DC and Florida
Should Congress fail to pass spending legislation before Oct. 1, the federal courts will have enough funds to keep the doors open for a while, though many civil cases would taper off because of the shutdown
ARPA-H announces first two regional hubs
The House appropriations bill cuts funding for ARPA-H by $1 billion to $500 million for fiscal 2024. The Senate version of the proposal keeps funding for the program steady at $1.5 billion per year.
House gets gears moving for four fiscal 2024 spending bills
If McCarthy is unable to pass a stopgap with just Republican votes, passing the Senate’s bill appears to be the only way for him to avoid a government shutdown Oct. 1, or at least keep it relatively brief
Cardin to take Foreign Relations gavel after Menendez charges
"Not only did Cardin have to step up in leadership in an unprecedented situation… he had to step up in the midst of this extremely high-stakes diplomacy that we had going on within the P5+1 and with Iran
Military pay, typically exempted during shutdowns, is at risk
After the last shutdown, estimates were upward of 1 million contractors, many of them lower-paid employees, never got paid for over one month of lost work.
Long road to compensation for Camp Lejeune victims takes a turn
Those who contracted any of five "Tier 1" diseases — kidney cancer, liver cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia or bladder cancer — are eligible for $150,000 if they spent less than a year at Camp Lejeune
Balanced-budget plan unveiled by House Republicans
Spending would then be allowed to grow by only 1 percent a year, which amounts to additional cuts after accounting for population growth and inflation.
House conservatives torpedo rule on Defense spending bill
That includes measures to limit security assistance to Ukraine, cut various Pentagon officials’ salaries to $1 a year, and more.
Johnson offers way out of Senate appropriations impasse
James Lankford, R-Okla., that would automatically provide continuing appropriations if spending bills for the new fiscal year have not yet been enacted by Oct. 1.
Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail
Lawler, who won by less than 1 percent last year in a district Biden won by 10 points, said he couldn’t support spending bills at the $1.47 trillion topline.
Cisneros eyes open California seat for return to Congress
Corrected 1:54 p.m. | Democrat Gil Cisneros, a Navy veteran from California who served a single term in the House before losing reelection in 2020, is aiming for a political comeback.
GOP Steering panel postpones meeting to fill Appropriations seat
The decision comes as House Republicans are struggling among themselves to unify on a temporary spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1.
Entertainers, athletes looped in to Taiwan tax benefits
Cortez Masto narrowly won reelection by less than 1 percentage point in 2022, a victory that was critical to Democrats retaining control of the Senate.
House stopgap bill falters with no Senate backup plan in sight
All of which lays the groundwork for at least a brief shutdown starting Oct. 1, though it’s not clear what the exit strategy would be or what would possibly convince McCarthy’s detractors to shelve their
Scalise is back, but unclear for how long
said he would remain committed to his work now whether at home or at the Capitol. ’A lot of conversations’ The challenge begins just as Congress faces the risk of a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1