Politics · 115th Congress
House Appropriators Ready to Carve Up Budget Deal
Take, for example, the $6 billion reserved for opioid abuse prevention and mental health over two years.
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Politics · 115th Congress
Budget Deal Facing Senate Slowdown, House Objections
Updated at 6:47 p.m. | Confidence quickly waned Thursday afternoon that a massive $320 billion budget package with stopgap funding needed to avert a government shutdown at midnight would pass quickly as
Politics · 115th Congress
Rand Paul, Floor Objections, Golden Fleeces and the D.C. Streetcar
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made a unanimous consent request that at 6 p.m.
Politics · 115th Congress
Shutdown Begins After Midnight Deadline Passes
Schumer, had asked Paul to agree to a 6 p.m. vote on a budgetary point of order in lieu of an amendment debate.
Politics · 115th Congress
Nancy Pelosi Claims Record for Longest House Floor Speech
Updated 6:11 p.m. | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi claimed the record for longest ever House floor speech Wednesday. Democrats clapped when she announced the new record.
Politics · 115th Congress
Senate Leaders Strike Budget Deal
Democrats also cited as a win an agreement for $6 billion over two years to address the scourge of opioid abuse, along with another $2 billion for the National Institutes of Health over the same period
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
From Ford to Trump, Patrick Leahy Has Seen It All at the State of the Union
At Reagan’s second inauguration, which was moved inside because of the weather, 6-foot-3 Leahy stood on his tiptoes to get a photo. “He gets a blow-up and presents it to me,” Leahy said.
Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: The Stunning ‘Role of Government’ Numbers
In November 2014, the gap was 6 points (52 percent “do more” to 46 percent “doing too much”).
Politics · 115th Congress
Montana’s Jon Tester Breaks With 2018 Red-State Democrats
He ranked No. 6 on Roll Call’s list of the most vulnerable Senate incumbents last November, a year out from the midterms. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Politics · 115th Congress
Freedom Caucus Gets on Board CR
Just before the 6 p.m., about an hour before GOP leaders had estimated the House would vote on a four-week continuing resolution, Meadows emerged from a meeting with GOP leaders in Speaker Paul D
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Groundhog Day in America
In the movie, Bill Murray wakes up every morning at 6 a.m. as the clock radio blares Sonny and Cher singing “I Got You Babe.”
Politics · 115th Congress
GOP Leaders Under the Gun to Avert Partial Shutdown
Updated 6:05 p.m. | Congress began the week with growing uncertainty about the effort to pass another temporary spending bill, even as the prospect of a partial government shutdown loomed.
Politics · 115th Congress
GOP Leaders Weighing Mid-February Stopgap, With Sweeteners
On Tuesday, CBO told lawmakers that reauthorizing the program for a decade or more would actually save money, as much as $6 billion over 10 years, as fewer children are covered on the more costly private
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Defends Mental State, Makes DACA-for-Wall Pitch
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; ….Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart
Politics · 115th Congress
10 Issues Congress Faces in January
6. CHIP While there is bipartisan agreement on the need to fund a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the obstacle to doing so has been offsets.
Politics · 115th Congress
Summing Up 2017 With 17 Graphics
6. The Budget Cuts Trump’s first full budget request proposed big cuts to nearly every department and agency for fiscal year 2018.
Politics · 115th Congress
17 of 2017’s Most Popular Stories
[Why Republicans Exempted Their Own Insurance From Obamacare Rollback] 6. Wilson vs. the White House The White House got into a feud with Florida Democratic Rep.
Politics · 115th Congress
47 Images of the Wild Ride That Was 2017 in Congress
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)6. January 29: Passengers from a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Jeddah are greeted by protesters as they arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Tax Cuts by the Numbers
GDP growth was above 6 percent for the two years after the tax cut was passed.11.8 million jobs created (1965-69). 1981 — Reagan tax cutsThese cuts went into full force in 1983.
Politics · 115th Congress
History Shows You Can’t Bank on Tax Bill Projections
When Roll Call reviewed the CBO’s most recent estimates for that 10-year period, combined with actual results through fiscal 2016, the discrepancy had grown to 6 percent.