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.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Federal courts boost request for judicial reinforcements
That includes concerns about which president would pick those judges, the roughly $1 million annual cost each new judgeship would bring, and whether any measure should make bigger changes, particularly
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
House passes abortion rights legislation
The Supreme Court also announced Monday that it will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a highly anticipated case involving a Mississippi abortion law that will determine if states can implement restrictions
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 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.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Irreconcilable differences?
Ryan also did not know if or when his Senate campaign would hold in-person events again, noting that he is quarantining until Oct. 1.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden announces vaccine donations, but India and South Africa renew calls for IP waivers
During that time, more than 1 million people around the world have died from COVID,” Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman said in a statement.
Opinion · 117th Congress
GOP has to make 2022 about policy, not personality
Gavin Newsom in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans almost 2-to-1, where Donald Trump got trounced in both 2016 and 2020 and where no Republican has been elected statewide since 2006 was a long
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Redistricting lessons from Indiana’s (likely) new map
Hypothetically, the GOP could move that to 8-1, if they divide up Democratic Rep. Frank J.
Congress · 117th Congress
Potential fallback for debt ceiling fraught with complications
In the Senate, if the Budget Committee has not reported a budget resolution by April 1, the deadline in budget law, one or more budget resolutions can be introduced after that date and automatically
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats split over military aid to Israel
The $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket-defense shield was in an initial version of the resolution but, after progressives said they’d oppose the measure if it was included, was deleted from
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes stopgap funding, debt ceiling suspension bill
The package advanced after a few hours of drama earlier in the day over an initial decision to grant Israel’s $1 billion request for air defense system funds.
Congress · 117th Congress
Moderate Democrats not monolithic about their budget concerns
“It would have to be way under $1 trillion for me to get remotely interested,” he said. Hawaii Rep.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The world has moved on from debt ceiling gamesmanship
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it would begin to consider on Dec. 1 a Mississippi case that could lead to the overturning of Roe v Wade next year.
Congress · 117th Congress
After August recess, Congress faces legislative deluge
The most immediate of three major priorities is that the government will partially shut down on Oct. 1 unless Congress does something in the next three weeks to keep appropriations flowing past the
Policy · 117th Congress
House hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal descends into partisan mudslinging
The initial deadline for full withdrawal was May 1, but Biden extended it to Aug. 31. “We inherited a deadline. We did not inherit a plan,” Blinken said.
Congress · 117th Congress
A top general calls for restraining the defense budget
The second is Congress’s now habitual failure to pass spending bills by the Oct. 1 start of each fiscal year.
Congress · 117th Congress
House committee demands answers on Afghanistan
The committee report accompanying the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act states that the Defense Department’s Automated Biometric Identification System contains about 1 million entries