Military pay, typically exempted during shutdowns, is at risk
After the last shutdown, estimates were upward of 1 million contractors, many of them lower-paid employees, never got paid for over one month of lost work.
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Latest inflation data shows Americans are still not buying Bidenomics
That’s a nearly 2-to-1 negative image for what is the president’s reelection centerpiece.
House Republicans marching toward ‘Cloud-Cuckoo Land’
Which is why it is possible that Republicans, in their ideological zeal, will both refuse to fund the government by Oct. 1 and impeach the president.
No sign of ‘debt limit 2.0’ talks as shutdown looms
The 2013 shutdown, stemming from GOP reluctance to fund the rollout of Obama’s health care law began Oct. 1 and lasted until the need to raise the debt limit broke the stalemate.
Tough sledding for proposal targeting Trump investigator
rule amendment to the fiscal 2024 Agriculture appropriations bill that would reduce the salary of Stacy Dean, deputy undersecretary of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Agriculture Department, to $1.
Biden designates national monument for lands near Grand Canyon
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation designating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon National Park on Tuesday, providing stronger protections for nearly 1 million acres and permanently removing
CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan
Despite the availability of these cures, commercial data showed only 1 in 6 uninsured adults under 40 with hepatitis C has been cured, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Report published Thursday examining
House Clerk Cheryl Johnson to step down June 30
The first House clerk, John Beckley, was elected on April 1, 1798, the day the House of Representatives convened with its first quorum.Â
Who is Rep. Thomas Massie, the key debt limit supporter?
Massie said he supported a "redeeming portion" of the debt agreement that would implement a 1 percent cut to both defense spending and nondefense spending if all 12 appropriations bills are not signed
Inspector general faults Park Police in 2020 protest response
Both officers, who received training in 2019 about how to use force, were part of a forceful sweep by law enforcement agencies of Lafayette Park, north of the White House, on June 1, 2020, of protestors
Watchdog points to low budget requests for prison upkeep issues
And the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general pointed to $1 billion Congress has set aside for new prison construction that has gone unspent — including a Kentucky project the government
Democratic appropriator urges end to aid to Northern Triangle countries
Power, perhaps aware that losing Torres’ support could jeopardize prospects for over $1 billion in fiscal 2024 foreign aid funding for Central America requested by the Biden administration, pleaded with
2024 presidential outlook: Meet the new race, same as the old race
Biden won each of them by 1 percentage point or less in 2020, and either party’s nominee will likely need to win three of the four states in 2024 in order to win nationwide.Â
Trillion-dollar deficits: Biden’s new normal
However, given the direction of current spending, the CBO baseline projects the annual deficit will be over $1 trillion dollars through 2029, and then it goes over $2 trillion dollars for the years spanning
Ageism, stigma hinders response to senior alcohol use disorder
In 2021, about 1 percent of people who had alcohol use disorder said they received medication for it, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
McCarthy blasts Biden, Democrats over debt limit
wish the current, extreme Joe Biden would listen to the former Joe Biden too." ’Stop the partisan ways’ McCarthy said he’s not heard from the White House on the debt limit since he and Biden met on Feb. 1.
Dual court rulings throw confusion into abortion drug debate
Survey results from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation released Feb. 1 found that about half of adults were unsure if mifepristone was legal in their state — and 13 percent in states with abortion
House Republicans paint DC as hellish in move to strike another city bill
In a quarrelsome House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled "Overdue Oversight of the Capital City: Part 1," Republicans such as Georgia Rep.
With US fossil fuel production up, GOP would step on the gas
The chamber is slated to vote next week on the legislation, labeled HR 1 to reflect its importance to GOP leadership — a compilation of energy, permitting, environmental and construction measures.
Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’
"If the Budget Committee . . . does the budget resolution by the April 1 deadline, and if it’s conferenced by the April 15 deadline, then the toplines will be established for us," Collins said.