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↵↵The filings were in response to an appeal from the state Republican Party and Republican state officials, who have asked the justices to set aside a 2-1 lower court decision that allowed the state to
↵↵Leaders of both parties have yet to agree on topline discretionary spending limits for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, a critical step for passing most of the annual appropriations bills that remain
That was based on an Oct. 1-12 Gallup poll and, as Gallup stated in its write-up, “is more in line with elections the incumbent party lost (in 1992 and 2020) than won.”
“No. 1, it’s not a requirement for anyone to become a committee chair to fulfill any responsibility to the NRCC,” said former Illinois Rep.
“The economic mess Democrats created by ignoring their own economists and saddling Americans with record-high prices is the No. 1 issue in every competitive district,” said Michael McAdams, a spokesman
Senate Democrats pushed back against the House-passed provision, which would deliver more than 30 percent of the tax benefit to the top 1 percent of households based on income, according to the Tax Policy
Best of the best (1) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: The minority leader started the year relatively quietly. He has reemerged in a big way.
That figure represents about 0.6 percent of the total package, coming in below a cap of 1 percent of appropriated funds Democratic leaders established last year.
Last week the “crosspartisan” group Issue One released a report finding that about 1 in 8 congressional staffers are not making a living wage.
Commission on Civil Rights, an independent agency funded in the bill, would receive $13 million, Bowman pointed out, of which $1 million is intended for the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men
Fitzpatrick’s district stands to get $4 million for economic development projects in the draft measure, including $3 million to renovate the YMCA Bucks County, Pa., and $1 million for part of a planned
Leahy, D-Vt., placed new transparency requirements and guardrails on the process when they opted to end the ban this year: The total amount of earmarks will be capped at 1 percent of discretionary funding
Biden’s proposal would start taxing gains on inherited assets above $1 million, or $2.5 million per couple factoring in the current tax exclusion for up to $500,000 in gains on a primary residence
Ideologically, the 117th Congress will be nearly equally split between progressive and moderate Democrats, but progressives outnumber moderates in leadership 2-to-1.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Advocates for the legislation say it would help correct years of policy that resulted in mass criminalization and incarceration that disproportionately affected minority populations
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
[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.
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[jwp-video n=”1″] Kelly, if elected, would be the first Black woman in a top leadership post since Shirley Chisholm was elected caucus secretary in 1977.