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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Campaigns · 119th Congress
It’s Calvert vs. Kim in redrawn Southern California district
↵↵Under the new Proposition 50 map, Calvert's current 41st District would go from one President Donald Trump carried by 6 points in the 2024 election to one that former Vice President Kamala Harris would
Congress · 117th Congress
Final NDAA removes most House provisions on hate groups
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: In the last decade, an annual average of 24 Americans with military connections were convicted of a crime of violent extremism, even after taking out the Jan. 6
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Here’s who won open House seats in the 2022 midterms
In 2020, the district went for Biden by 10 points, but as redrawn in redistricting, it would have backed Trump by 6 points.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin push on pipeline approval recalls 1970s dam project
Hill, in a 6-3 vote, that building the dam would violate the Endangered Species Act, affirming a lower court ruling. Yet in 1979, led by Sen.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism
Jan. 6 alarm After the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Pentagon placed a major focus on countering extremism. One month afterward, Defense Secretary Lloyd J.
Congress · 117th Congress
Jan. 6 panel to examine Trump’s role in galvanizing extremists
On Dec. 19, Trump sent out a tweet calling for protesters to come to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, urging them: “Be there, will be wild!” Reps.
Congress · 117th Congress
Trump, the MAGA Jan. 6 battlefield and open questions on what’s next
He allegedly told Hutchinson “things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6.” Meadows has refused to testify before the select panel.
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell
That’s up from 109 last year, and it means nearly 6 out of 10 GOP lawmakers are now participating in the process, up from just over half in 2021 during the process’ inaugural run after an 11-year ban.
Congress · 117th Congress
Ukraine caucus leaders still on a ‘war footing’
As the Ukrainian refugee crisis swells into the largest seen in Europe since World War II, with more than 6 million people fleeing the country, the neighboring country of Poland has taken in at least
Congress · 117th Congress
In the game of earmarks, Shelby has no peers
Shelby’s solo requests alone account for 6 percent of total earmarks in the fiscal 2022 omnibus.
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense spending deal bristles with weapons Biden didn’t seek
The $782.5 billion figure was some $42 billion above fiscal 2021 spending, or nearly 6 percent.
Congress · 117th Congress
Republicans blast Air Force nominee’s proposal to surveil troops
The GOP senators focused their questioning on the Air Force veteran’s July 2021 op-ed in Foreign Policy News reflecting on how the military should respond to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP decries cost of Pentagon anti-extremism and diversity training
Milley’s missive was dated Jan. 6, 2022 — one year after the Capitol riot. About 15 percent of those charged for perpetrating that attack had military ties.
Congress · 117th Congress
The budget impasse is squeezing the Pentagon, despite its riches
According to Mackenzie Eaglen, a senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute think tank, the Defense Department’s budget is shrinking by $4 billion to $6 billion a month because of these
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Judiciary approves bill cracking down on tech monopolies
The bill was agreed to on a bipartisan vote of 16-6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Feeling safe at the Capitol isn’t simple a year after Jan. 6
These days, those police alerts no longer send her running for cover, even after Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Phil Waldron, who briefed members on election fraud theories
Phil Waldron, who briefed members of Congress on election fraud theories and helped circulate a PowerPoint plan toward that end, was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 select committee on Thursday.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP claims victory in final defense policy bill
Norton said in a release that Trump’s use of the Guard in 2020, followed by his failure to call it out quickly to repel the rioters storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 of this year, were “prime examples
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert to run for state attorney general
Updated, Nov. 23 | Texas Republican Louie Gohmert, a firebrand who led pre-Jan. 6 efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and has since denounced the “un-American and illegal treatment