Congress · 117th Congress
Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators
That’s because $16 billion would be within the 1 percent ceiling on total discretionary funds set aside for earmarks across the dozen bills.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Climate bill said to put emission goals in ‘striking distance’
Electric vehicles, or EVs, cost the equivalent of about $1 per gallon to run, she said. “This will really make EVs the default choice for everyday Americans.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats make their move on fiscal 2023 appropriations
The bills, which were drafted without a bipartisan agreement on funding levels, amount to a wish list of $1.67 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2023, which begins Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Republicans plot immigration moves if they control House
“HR 1 in the next Congress should be the border security package,” said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, referring to the first bill to be officially introduced in the 118th Congress.
Policy · 117th Congress
Park Police radio channels unrecorded for years, watchdog says
Park Police has been under public scrutiny since some of its officers along with officers from other law enforcement agencies violently cleared largely peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park on June 1,
Policy · 117th Congress
New Interior offshore drilling plan draws mixed reviews
President Joe Biden proposed a slate of options in late June he said could lower gasoline prices by as much as $1 per gallon.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Seven questions about Tuesday’s primaries in seven states
Here are some key questions that will be answered: 1. Who fills Nunes’ seat?
Policy · 117th Congress
New historic site stirs memories of America’s darker instincts
Mike Honda, who represented California in the House, was forced to Amache with his family when he was 1. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., was born in the Poston camp in Arizona in 1944.
Congress · 117th Congress
Park Police, Secret Service reach settlement over 2020 protests
update their policies governing protests and enact the changes within 30 days as part of a settlement tied to the violent police clearing of protestors from Lafayette Square near the White House on June 1,
White House · 117th Congress
Biden to visit Iowa ethanol plant as officials hit road to tout rural aid efforts
The first stage of the $1 billion five-year program will take requests for proposals in May and make awards in November.
Congress · 117th Congress
In the game of earmarks, Shelby has no peers
That figure represents about 0.6 percent of the total package, coming in below a cap of 1 percent of appropriated funds Democratic leaders established last year.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden’s rebranded conservation plan has critics on all sides
That law provides nearly $1 billion a year to the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is used in part for federal land acquisition. But now Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Ten key climate and energy elements in reconciliation package
DOE renewable unit If the legislation becomes law, the Energy Department would get $1 billion for its energy efficiency and renewable energy unit to pursue demonstration projects and nearly as much
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
Policy · 117th Congress
Infrastructure bill may give Buttigieg final say over $105 billion
That amount is lower than the $148 billion transfer in a five-year surface reauthorization bill the House passed July 1, but a larger transfer was unnecessary because of a one-time infusion of dollars
Policy · 117th Congress
Infrastructure bill would transform energy, but maybe not enough
Multibillion-dollar natural disasters — events that cost more than $1 billion to clean up — have cost the U.S. an average of $47.6 billion a year from 1980 through 2020, according to the National
Congress · 117th Congress
House to take up seven-bill fiscal 2022 spending package
If the House and Senate cannot agree to all dozen full-year spending measures before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, they’ll likely pass a short-term spending bill that would extend current spending
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP unity on spending bills holding, despite earmarks galore
Diaz-Balart requested $12 million in earmarks and so far gotten two — $1 million for a drinking water project in Miami-Dade County and $750,000 for a sewer project in the same area.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s holdup of border wall funding didn’t violate law, GAO rules
Congressional investigators said Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s pause of more than $1 billion in funds for southwest border wall construction did not violate the law, as some Republican lawmakers had
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending June 11, 2021
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