Congress · 116th Congress
Fine print issues snag tentative pact on coronavirus relief bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] Throughout the day negotiators struck an optimistic tone while acknowledging the clock was working against them.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Buttigieg would bring his agenda and Biden’s to Department of Transportation
[jwp-video n=”1″] But the fund also was tapped for transit in the 1980s, and in the 1990s some was siphoned off for deficit reduction.
Congress · 116th Congress
Negotiators wrapping up omnibus deal, plan to file Tuesday
House and Senate lawmakers are close to agreement on a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 and are planning to file the legislative text on Tuesday, according to
Congress · 116th Congress
Roberts leaves Senate with warning about attacks on food supply
[jwp-video n=”1″] Known as the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Program — for former Sens.
Congress · 116th Congress
In a GOP Senate, Biden’s Cabinet faces a gantlet
[jwp-video n=”1″] Barrasso added: “Don’t expect Senate Republicans to forget how the Democrats treated Mr. Trump’s nominees.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump signs short-term spending bill, preventing shutdown
The new stopgap law gives lawmakers an extra week to negotiate an omnibus spending package for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Current funding had been set to expire at midnight Friday.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate objections threaten to delay stopgap funding vote
[jwp-video n=”1″] Paul said he wanted to remove language in the defense measure restricting the president’s ability to withdraw or reduce troops overseas, which would affect U.S. personnel in
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan coronavirus relief package not winning GOP converts
The bipartisan group didn’t include direct payments in their plan because they were told Republicans wouldn’t accept a package costing over $1 trillion.
Congress · 116th Congress
Cannon renovation expected to go $137 million over budget
Phase 1 began in January 2017 and was projected to be finished by November 2018.
Congress · 116th Congress
Capitol Insiders Survey finds staffers pessimistic on virus relief
Now, it seems, Trump will not sign a bill even as generous as the $1 trillion measure McConnell offered in July.
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan coronavirus relief package hits snags over details
The group initially ran into some trouble with Congressional Budget Office scoring of their four-month unemployment benefits proposal, which they intended to be retroactive to Dec. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Timeline for massive year-end bill slipping
agree with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that $12.5 billion set aside as emergency funds should instead fit within the overall $626.5 billion nondefense cap for the budget year that began Oct. 1.
Policy · 116th Congress
States grapple with plans for end to coronavirus public health emergency
Groups like the National Governors Association have similarly called for an additional federal matching rate increase of at least 5.8 percentage points retroactive to Jan. 1, and remaining until Sept.
Congress · 116th Congress
As recovery bills languish, transit systems cut service
The agency’s budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, released in the aftermath of a projected $500 million budget shortfall, was the latest cry for help from a transportation mode that is
Policy · 116th Congress
Familiar holdups threaten omnibus; tax extenders also at risk
Funding for veterans medical care and border security remain holdups in the drive to reach agreement on a 12-bill spending package for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: House takes up ‘Tiger King’ and marijuana bills while seeking spending deal
[jwp-video n=”1″] Advocates for the legislation say it would help correct years of policy that resulted in mass criminalization and incarceration that disproportionately affected minority populations
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan talks resume on coronavirus relief package
[jwp-video n=”1″] State and local governments, which have struggled to make up for lost revenue from economic shutdowns, would get $160 billion.
Congress · 116th Congress
Lawmakers a step closer to averting Dec. 11 government shutdown
The compromise forged between the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees sets spending allocations for the dozen bills that fund federal agencies for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Spending deal by Dec. 11 hinges on Thanksgiving allocation pact
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate’s draft fiscal 2021 Homeland Security bill would provide the requested $2 billion.
Congress · 116th Congress
Spat over veterans health care emergency funds stalls spending deal
Overall nondefense accounts would see increases greater than 2 percent on average for the budget year that began Oct. 1, as opposed to a less than 0.5 percent boost without the veterans health care carve-out