Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan debt limit patch would raise borrowing cap by $480B
Those spending caps came off starting with the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Beating up on Manchin and Sinema won’t fix the Biden agenda
Those 13,471 votes represent 0.0084 percent of the 159,738,337 votes cast in last year’s election, or eight thousandths of 1 percent. That tiny margin eventually gave Democrats a 50-50 Senate.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats, Republicans agree to short-term debt limit increase
benefits scheduled for Oct. 20 could be delayed by five days.Food stamp benefits due Oct. 25 would be delayed by a week.Federal employee salaries due to be paid Oct. 29 could be postponed by 11 days.Nov. 1
Congress · 117th Congress
China-wary lawmakers look to boost U.S. investment in Caribbean
“It would appear that over the past 15 or so years, China’s economic influence in the Caribbean area has gone from $1 billion to $8 billion.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden headed to Capitol Hill to try to bridge Democratic divide
bill, which would reauthorize surface transportation programs and includes $550 billion in new funding for roads, bridges, broadband and other infrastructure projects, up for a vote by midnight Oct. 1,
Congress · 117th Congress
Making ‘SALT’ relief pay for itself among Democrats’ options
More than half the benefit of repealing the cap entirely would go to households making more than $1 million per year, according to a Joint Committee on Taxation estimate.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs short-term spending bill, averting shutdown
The House voted 220-211 along party lines last week to send the original bill, with the debt limit language, to the Senate after removing a provision that would have provided $1 billion for Israel
Congress · 117th Congress
Eschewing Zoom, Don Young AWOL for 19 months of markups
He voted in person throughout the busy legislative month of July, with the exception of one vote on July 23 and all votes on July 1, which happened to be the day the full House voted on the $767
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Budget reconciliation bill should not ignore community clinics
Nearly 1 in 10 Americans rely on community health centers, also known as community clinics, for their primary care needs.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
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Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.