Congress · 117th Congress
Infrastructure lament: ‘Deal is more important than the outcome’
The bipartisan framework included $1 billion for that program.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Congress’ game of chicken: The debt limit
Congress’ favorite game of chicken, the federal debt limit, has returned, set to be reinstated on Aug. 1.
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
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: 1 BIF does not equal BFFs
But the $1 trillion compromise — dubbed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, or BIF — is probably more of an outlier than a sign of things to come, even as the White House dispatched a memo today titled
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden wants more housing units as Hill Democrats urge rental aid
A separate bill in Waters’ package would offer 500,000 new vouchers in fiscal 2022 and 1 million each year through fiscal 2025, and then make rental vouchers an entitlement.
Congress · 117th Congress
Worries grow about overseeing billions more in aid to Afghanistan
On June 1, Sopko sent lawmakers and Biden administration officials a white paper requesting, among other things, that the U.S. government “strictly condition” future aid to Afghanistan on his team
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Conor Lamb preparing to launch Senate run in August
Arkoosh raised $1 million, followed by Kenyatta with $503,000. Fetterman also led the Democratic field with nearly $3.1 million left in his campaign account as of June 30.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Partisan attacks on losers of past campaigns make little sense
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Congress · 117th Congress
Infrastructure committees ask: What about us?
His five-year surface transportation and water bill, which passed the House on July 1, has effectively been ignored during the process.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats are poised for big wins in Congress. So why the doom and gloom?
Winning a stunning 61 percent of the vote against the ultra-conservative Republican, LBJ helped forge 2-to-1 Democratic margins in both chambers of Congress.
Congress · 117th Congress
Deal reached on $2.1B Capitol security supplemental
Shelby released an 11-page bill totaling $632.9 million the same day, before later agreeing to include some funding for Afghan relocations in a subsequent counteroffer that topped $1 billion.
Policy · 117th Congress
Washington is a lobbying boom town under Biden
changes to elections law, the bill also would reshape how congressional candidates fund their campaigns by instituting an optional public financing system that would match $6 in government money for every $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate bill leaves military sexual assault debate unsettled
House Armed Services subcommittees plan to mark up their portions of the NDAA this week, though the full committee does not plan to finish its work until Sept. 1. Rep.
White House · 117th Congress
Yellen urges lawmakers to act on debt limit in September
Yellen wrote that Treasury will begin taking extraordinary measures on Aug. 1, starting with suspending sales of special state and local government securities, to remain technically within the borrowing
Congress · 117th Congress
Democratic hawks want to go bigger than Biden on defense spending
But aides disclosed Friday that a separate vote was held on the total amount of funding, and they also revealed the final tally: 25-1.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending July 23, 2021
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Congress · 117th Congress
‘G-fees,’ pension smoothing on the table for infrastructure offsets
That additional fee expires on Oct. 1 unless the Federal Housing Finance Agency extends or changes it, or if Congress acts to renew it.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Black voters, they matter here’: Rep. Hank Johnson arrested protesting filibuster
One of those bills, dubbed HR 1, would make sweeping changes to political money, elections, influence and ethics and was passed by the House in March.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes bill to authorize 8,000 more visas for Afghan allies
ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee, said Monday that he was open to funding to help relocate Afghans who helped the U.S. government in his own supplemental proposal, which totals just over $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate committee proposes big Pentagon funding boost
It does not appear the panel added money for procurement of unrequested F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, after House appropriators proposed adding nearly $1 billion worth in their spending bill.