Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending Oct. 29, 2021
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Congress · 117th Congress
‘Deem and pass’ rule has bipartisan history
“Rules of this sort contain customary, or ‘boilerplate,’ language, such as: ‘The amendment printed in [section 2 of this resolution or in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats tout climate spending in reconciliation
The legislation also would raise revenues by increasing royalty rates and fees on oil and gas operations on federal lands and establish a new hard rock mining royalty projected to raise as much as $1
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP blasts vaccine mandate, and defense contractors are fretting
Raytheon had already issued its own corporate vaccine mandate, but with a Jan. 1 deadline.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden makes $1.75T sales pitch to House Democrats
An additional $125 billion would come from a 1 percent surcharge that would be levied on corporations when they buy back shares of their own stock.
Congress · 117th Congress
Wyden details proposed tax on billionaires’ unrealized gains
Wyden’s draft legislation would apply a new tax, beginning in 2022, for individuals with at least $1 billion in assets or $100 million annual income in three straight taxable years.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Pride in product’ colors lawmakers’ view of budget negotiations
A 21-page measure would institute a 15 percent minimum tax on corporate “book” income for companies that report $1 billion in profits to investors.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats eye Medicare Advantage as potential reconciliation offset
Altogether, the health care costs may approach $1 trillion over a decade.
Congress · 117th Congress
Child care funds likely spared the budget ax other programs face
subsidies for families earning above 200 percent of state median income starting in 2025; a Sherrill amendment removed that limit but retained a requirement that families attest they have less than $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin tries to slow clean energy shift as West Virginia clings to coal
[jwp-video n=”1″] By comparison, the top coal producer, Wyoming, gets 80 percent of its power from coal.
Congress · 117th Congress
Debt ceiling hangs over Democrats’ legislative home stretch
mark up the revised budget in committee, rather than employ a special “auto discharge” procedure Democrats were able to use for the initial fiscal 2022 budget since the panel didn’t act before an April 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers decry ‘alarming’ hunger in US military families
The Senate bill would cost around $1 million a year, giving about 500 families an average of $200 a month, while the House bill would help 3,000 families with $400 a month on average, costing just over
Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats need to abandon their all-or-nothing approach to immigration reform
The first would “recapture” more than 1 million green cards already authorized by Congress that have gone unused since 1992 because of administrative errors.
Congress · 117th Congress
Two-year spending caps deal on the table in appropriations talks
Appropriators remain stalled over the budget ceiling for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 and how to allocate discretionary funds among their 12 subcommittees.
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress blocks cuts to top contractors’ weapon budgets
Congress recently blocked the Pentagon from moving more than $1 billion that defense officials had wanted to use instead on programs they consider higher priorities.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate bill would boost Capitol Police budget, maybe rationale for new HQ
And citing what it refers to as a “Task Force 1–6 Capitol Security Review,” the Senate bill would direct the Architect of the Capitol to “identify and evaluate options for a renovation or replacement
Congress · 117th Congress
Green card recapture effort faces uncertain Senate future
If enacted, the provisions could help cut through some of that logjam — providing relief to some 4 million people waiting for family-based green cards and about 1 million stuck in the employment-based
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi: Budget decisions needed ‘in the next few days’ to hit deadline
But even with those limits, those two programs and the child tax credit extension through 2025 cost over $1 trillion.
Congress · 117th Congress
With GOP sidelined, Manchin steps up to defend fossil fuels
For the 2022 election cycle, Manchin is the No. 1 recipient among all lawmakers of campaign contributions from the coal mining, mining, natural gas transmission and distribution and oil and gas industries
Congress · 117th Congress
Climate hawks reject compromise in reconciliation
For the 2022 election cycle, Manchin is the No. 1 recipient among all lawmakers of campaign contributions from the coal mining, mining, natural gas transmission and distribution, and oil and gas