Why the US might be tough to recognize after your summer vacation abroad
An American Airlines flight made the usual bumpy landing at Reagan National Airport on a recent Friday around 1 p.m., as the pilot slammed the brakes on the short runway.
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Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth
Republican on the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, secured $465 million for her remote home state, a slight decrease from last year’s Senate bills but still enough to put her at No. 1.
House passes Military Construction-VA bill, cancels Friday votes
Instead, the House was preparing to leave town Thursday afternoon for the long August recess having passed only one of the 12 bills needed by Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year begins.
Health deadlines pile up as Congress adjourns for August
The Finance Committee, meanwhile, approved a draft bill that would address restrictions and oversight of pharmacy benefit managers by a vote of 26-1.
Republicans hoover up earmarks in House spending bills
No. 1 on the list is Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., who secured $273.3 million, mostly for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chickamauga Lock project in Chattanooga
One year in, 988 crisis line looks to next steps
In the first year, the lifeline reported nearly 5 million contacts through calls, chats and texts – or double the previous year through the 10-digit number, including 1 million to the Veterans Crisis Line
Biden sets up health costs as campaign talking point
Biden said Friday that since the law was implemented in early 2022, 1 million Americans are protected from surprise bills each month.
House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks
While spending in those two bills would grow by close to 1 percent combined from what the Senate panel released initially last year, the new Senate Appropriations leadership this year would cut earmarked
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan cancellation program
The recent deal to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling, which Biden signed into law earlier this month, ends the pause by Sept. 1.
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
Advocates, Biden mark anniversary of gun law, look to future
The legislation provides $1 billion to increase training for school-based social workers, therapists and other mental health professionals and sets aside another $1 billion for school security, Cardona
In a first, House Education and the Workforce panel’s Democratic staffers look to unionize
Dina Titus of Nevada voted to unionize by a 7-1 vote. The umbrella group also noted that three member offices filed union election petitions with OCWR: Democratic Reps.
Battle over parties’ share of earmarks erupts in House panel
Long-awaited return DeLauro brought back earmarks in the last Congress after a decadelong absence with renewed transparency rules, limiting earmark funding to no more than 1 percent of the budget and requiring
Granger sets fiscal 2024 funding targets below debt limit deal
That figure is 1 percent below a continuing resolution at fiscal 2023 levels.
Biden’s pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, predicted the deal will mean flat funding or a roughly 1 percent cut across the board in fiscal 2024 for the CDC.
In play to GOP base, House votes to block student loan relief
Among Black respondents, the number was nearly 1 in 4.  "Congress needs to help fix this damaged economy which gets more unequal and inequitable every single day," said Rep. Maxwell Frost, D.-Fla.
Tighter TANF requirements may be ripe for debt limit accord
The number of families receiving benefits dropped by over 50 percent during that time, however, from around 2.1 million to less than 1 million, according to Department of Health and Human Services data
Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators
However, the odds of disappointment are much greater for senators: appropriations leaders in both chambers have agreed to cap total earmarked dollars at 1 percent of overall discretionary spending.
House panel moves to block Biden student loan forgiveness plan
"We didn’t hear any concern about equity when the $1.9 trillion Trump tax cut passed [and] 80 percent went to the top 1 percent and corporations," said Rep.