Campaigns · 117th Congress
Who won Tuesday’s elections in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin
But outside groups spent $1.5 million, including nearly $1 million from the LGBTQ Victory Fund, supporting Balint.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Empty Minnesota seat, potential milestone for Vermont women highlight Tuesday elections
He raised $7 million, with $1 million on hand, as of July 20, and his campaign announced on Aug. 1 it had pulled in another $1.1 million in the previous week as his opponents consolidated around him.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘I’m not going to meet with MBS’: Biden serves a rare presidential double fault in Saudi Arabia
That’s broken pledge No. 1. “Pariah.” That’s what candidate Biden vowed to treat the Saudi Arabian government as.
Congress · 117th Congress
House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks
Leahy, D-Vt., total earmarked funds can’t exceed 1 percent of the overall pot of discretionary funds subject to appropriation, which is $1.6 trillion.
Congress · 117th Congress
Gun bill expands school safety spending beyond security
Pennsylvania plans to upgrade its surveillance cameras, radios and a door monitoring system with a $500,000 federal grant, one of hundreds awarded across the country over the past four years as part of a $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress skeptical about Biden’s call to suspend gas tax
President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed a series of actions he said could reduce the price of gasoline by $1 per gallon, including a call for a gas tax holiday that was greeted with skepticism by members
Congress · 117th Congress
Conservative faction’s earmark requests illustrate GOP divide
[Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell] House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., reintroduced the practice with revamped transparency rules and a cap at 1 percent
Congress · 117th Congress
Bicameral appropriations talks stalled as House charges ahead
Shelby said passing the bills by Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, is “not going to happen.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Mental health becomes focal point of Senate gun framework
than perpetrators While about 8 percent of people who perpetrate mass shootings have a history of lifetime psychotic symptoms, according to a 2021 study, deaths from such shootings make up less than 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell
Corps of Engineers waterways projects, with $283 million requested to deepen the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which Weber describes on his website as the country’s “leading Energy & Military exporter and #1
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Rick Scott has no regrets about calling for Biden to resign as both sides go bare knuckles
The president made clear that the midterm elections were very much on his mind at the top of his remarks, saying: “Today, I’d like to talk about two potential paths forward to address the No. 1 challenge
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Lisa Cook as the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking voted unanimously in March to advance Jefferson and 23-1 to advance Powell, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dissenting.
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan heat ramps up over stalled research tax break
Meanwhile, Lockheed said that if the change isn’t reversed retroactive to Jan. 1, 2022, it would reduce the company’s operating cash by $500 million this year.
Congress · 117th Congress
Conflicting incentives for quick election-year spending deal
And among nondefense agencies, Homeland Security would receive just a 1 percent boost, while a handful of other departments would get close to, or above, increases of 20 percent.
Policy · 117th Congress
Most Americans have COVID-19 antibodies as case numbers rise
The original omicron variant, BA.1, now only makes up 3 percent of sequenced cases, and the more transmissible BA.2 makes up 68 percent of circulating cases.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending April 1, 2022
The April Fools’ Day edition of photos of the week is no joke, with shared beer nuts, two Scotts on one train and a farewell to Don Young.
Congress · 117th Congress
House readies relief package for restaurants, other industries
The negotiators couldn’t agree on enough offsets for appropriating another $5 billion in foreign assistance, but they were debating whether to take approximately $1 billion from the domestic funds
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Every button tells a story’: Washington’s political memorabilia show and sale returns
A congressional ID will score attendees $1 off.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes overdue $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill
The four-day stopgap, which will be the fourth Congress has passed for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, is needed because of the time it will take to enroll the massive bill, a House leadership
Congress · 117th Congress
Sprawling $1.5 trillion appropriations package nears finish line
Those provisions complement this fiscal year’s typical installment of military and economic aid to Middle Eastern nations, with an extra $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system tacked on