Congress · 119th Congress
Earmarks flood spending bills after a year’s hiatus
That measure far outshone the rest, with just under $6 billion in project funding across 3,212 individual projects.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Bondi to face criticism over Epstein disclosure law at House hearing
The department identified more than 6 million pages that were potentially covered by the law but acknowledged the total production from the department was nearly 3.5 million pages.
Congress · 119th Congress
FEMA earmarks threatened by immigration funding standoff
↵↵Cassidy has one earmark in the bill, but it's a big one: $6 million for road drainage improvements for Interstate 20 in Ouachita Parish, which is in the northern part of the state.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate GOP blocks push for legal action over Epstein law
↵↵The Justice Department identified more than 6 million pages that were potentially covered by the law but acknowledged the total production from the department was nearly 3.5 million pages.
Congress · 119th Congress
Appropriators backed a crime-fighting unit. DOJ closed it anyway.
↵↵Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent a memo March 6 to establish an initiative called "Operation Take Back America" that would in part use OCDETF resources to "implement core policy objectives"
Congress · 119th Congress
Supreme Court sounds open to presidential firing of agency officials
↵↵The 6-3 conservative-controlled court heard oral arguments Monday as the U.S. government seeks to overturn a lower court decision reinstating FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter after Trump fired her
Congress · 119th Congress
Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track
That bill, introduced Feb. 6, awaits action by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Congress · 119th Congress
Suspect arrested over Jan. 6 pipe bombs on Capitol Hill
Federal authorities arrested a Virginia man Thursday in connection to the placing of pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021,
Congress · 118th Congress
CBO: Debt limit to hit as soon as July, budget picture worsens
But Wrightson ICAP said there remains “tail risk” that Congress would need to act by early June given “Treasury’s financial position will be at a low ebb from June 6 to June 14” after Treasury’s debt issuance
Congress · 118th Congress
Congress looks for new architect of the Capitol as calls rise for oversight
A culture change Questions around the physical security of the Capitol complex – for which the architect is partly responsible – in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack, as well as ongoing projects, like
Congress · 118th Congress
Biden fires embattled architect of the Capitol, months after scathing report
Blanton further angered lawmakers at the hearing by evading questions and admitting that he failed to respond to the Capitol in person on Jan. 6, 2021, when the campus he’s sworn to protect was under siege
Congress · 118th Congress
GOP senators testify on FBI in first ‘Weaponization’ panel hearing
The former member of the now-disbanded House select panel on the Jan. 6 attack pointed to numerous examples he saw from the previous administration.
Congress · 118th Congress
House ‘Weaponization’ hearing to take aim at Justice Department
ranking member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, who previously served as a manager for both impeachments of Trump and sat on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6,
Congress · 118th Congress
House foreign aid cardinal sanguine on fiscal 2024 funding
In the fiscal 2023 bipartisan omnibus spending deal, Congress provided $59.7 billion in enduring funding for foreign aid and diplomacy programs, a $3.6 billion boost or roughly 6 percent increase
Congress · 118th Congress
House border security bill bumped amid Republican concerns
Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, announced last week that his panel will hold a hearing the week of Feb. 6 to investigate the Biden administration’s border
Congress · 117th Congress
House Jan. 6 panel pushes for Capitol Police changes, funding
But the entity that is singularly tasked with protecting the Capitol complex failed to do just that on January 6, 2021,” the Republican report stated.
Congress · 117th Congress
House clears omnibus package as end nears for 117th Congress
Those amendments included a bipartisan measure to protect pregnant workers against workplace discrimination; $1 billion in funding for 9/11 first responders’ health costs; $6 billion to fund compensation
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes bill to make presidential tax returns public
Liz Cheney of Wyoming, John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Tom Rice of South Carolina and Fred Upton of Michigan — all voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection and none are
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill
It was adopted on a 90-6 vote. An amendment proposed by Sens.
Congress · 117th Congress
As threats rise, Congress agrees on extra money for Capitol Police
It’s the smallest of the 12 bills in the omnibus package but has taken on larger importance after the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021, and the recent assault on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.