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.
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Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats set to pick new Appropriations chairwoman
Corrected, Dec. 1 | Beneficiaries of more than $1.4 trillion in annual federal funding will find out this week who will be steering the ship as Appropriations Committee chairwoman for the 117th Congress
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump lost, but the Senate keeps confirming his nominees
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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
Stabenow says smaller coronavirus relief bill better than nothing
House Democrats passed Oct. 1 a slimmed down version of their relief package, though it still weighed in at $2.4 trillion.
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
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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Congress · 116th Congress
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.