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.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Opening of 117th Congress will be different due to pandemic
[jwp-video n=”1″] Counting electoral votes Because the 117th Congress follows a presidential election, the House and Senate by law are supposed to hold a joint session to count the Electoral
Congress · 116th Congress
Neal eyes massive coronavirus relief, climate and infrastructure package
Instead of a carbon tax or big-spending Green New Deal proposals, for instance, Neal included a roughly $150 billion package of clean energy tax incentives in the infrastructure bill the House passed July 1.
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
Congress · 116th Congress
Hoyer: Earmarks are likely coming back next year
[jwp-video n=”1″] Hoyer said he’s optimistic that both Republicans and Democrats will participate in the process if earmarks come back into the picture.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats: Trump WHO funding hold skirted federal budget law
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Congress · 116th Congress
Crapo poised for starring role in economic, health care policy
[jwp-video n=”1″] Debt and taxes Long after Simpson-Bowles and the “gang of six,” Crapo still has a national debt clock streaming at the top of his website, even as that issue has faded in recent
Congress · 116th Congress
Pressure for ‘targeted’ coronavirus relief bill grows as time dwindles
Negotiators, however, may be making better progress on an omnibus spending package for the current fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Current stopgap funding is set to run dry on Dec. 11.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats elect Aguilar, Allred in contested leadership elections
[jwp-video n=”1″] With Kelly and Lawrence both losing their races, the caucus yet again opted not to elect a Black woman to leadership.
Congress · 116th Congress
Shelby adds $760 million for unrequested ships with Alabama ties
[jwp-video n=”1″] The two chambers’ Pentagon spending bills are both generous with Navy shipbuilding programs, albeit in different ways.
Congress · 116th Congress
Pelosi reaffirms that next term as speaker will be her last
[jwp-video n=”1″] Some members had wanted Pelosi to affirm her commitment to the term limit, and doing so probably helps her heading into a January floor vote in which she can’t afford more
Congress · 116th Congress
White House signals acceptance of omnibus spending package
[jwp-video n=”1″] Paul M. Krawzak, David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson contributed to this report.
Congress · 116th Congress
Katherine Clark wins assistant speaker race against David Cicilline
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Grassley tests positive for COVID-19 after missing first roll call in 27 years
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Congress · 116th Congress
With two Republicans in quarantine, Senate lacks votes to advance Fed nominee
[jwp-video n=”1″] More than 100 economists, including seven Nobel laureates, signed a letter to senators urging them to vote no.
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan talks on ‘targeted’ coronavirus relief bill underway, Portman says
Pelosi’s public position, and that of President-elect Joe Biden, has been that negotiators should agree to the roughly $2.4 trillion package the House passed Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Capitol testing picks up, but masks still spark conflict
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Office of the Attending Physician says the testing provided at the Capitol would satisfy the post-travel testing guidance and “be consistent with the spirit of the Mayor
Congress · 116th Congress
5 things to watch in House Democrats’ leadership elections
[jwp-video n=”1″] Kelly, if elected, would be the first Black woman in a top leadership post since Shirley Chisholm was elected caucus secretary in 1977.
Congress · 116th Congress
Short-term punt seen likely for spending bills, coronavirus aid
[jwp-video n=”1″] “It’s a roll of the dice” on where Trump will come down on spending bills and COVID-19 aid, according to a House Republican lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity to
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate spending bill demands body-camera report from Park Police
Lafayette Square Resistance to body cameras from the USPP has come under scrutiny after USPP officers, joined by federal and state police agencies, aggressively cleared Lafayette Square on June 1,