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
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
After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort
↵↵"The idea that we are arguing about whether or not people get … $6 a day to eat, but we're not debating the fact that Elon Musk gets $8 million a day — we need to talk about what real welfare looks like
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
Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill
It was adopted on a 90-6 vote. An amendment proposed by Sens.
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer: Senate closing in on omnibus amendments deal
Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., have teamed up to provide $6 billion in compensation payments out of a fund for victims of state-sponsored terror, ranging from 9/11 families with a claim
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
Omnibus text delayed over FBI headquarters issue
Shelby, R-Ala., domestic and foreign aid accounts excluding veterans health care would see a roughly 6 percent boost over the prior fiscal year.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin’s permit overhaul falls short again
Attempts to insert it into the defense authorization also were unsuccessful, and it was left out of a version of the bill released by negotiators on Dec. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer says he expects omnibus to include electoral count overhaul
The bill is one of the most substantial legislative reactions to the ransacking of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Congress · 117th Congress
VA health care funds, military vaccine rule gum up omnibus talks
Take out veterans health care, which eats up a big chunk at $119 billion — 22 percent more than last year — and the remainder of nondefense spending would rise just 6 percent, barely keeping pace
Congress · 117th Congress
Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda
It also may not be clear what the outcome of Senate control will be until after Dec. 6 if the Georgia race goes to a runoff, which could leave little time for a burst of legislative action before lawmakers
Congress · 117th Congress
House prepping stopgap funding bill through mid-December
If neither contender reaches the 50 percent threshold on Election Day, the race moves to a Dec. 6 runoff.
Congress · 117th Congress
White House lowers expectations for COVID-19 supplemental, but GOP resistance remains
“Before we would consider supporting an additional $30 billion for COVID-19 relief, Congress must receive a full accounting of how the government has already spent the first $6 trillion,” the Senate
Congress · 117th Congress
Unimpressed with post office banking trial, backers eye new initiative
Those tests depend on the Senate going along with the $6 million for a pilot project in the House’s fiscal 2022 Financial Services appropriations bill.
Congress · 117th Congress
SCOTUS nominee elbows into crowded agenda and midterms
That’s the law that governs the actual counting of electoral votes, which became fraught on Jan. 6, 2021, with an insurrection by supporters of then-President Donald Trump and with Trump supporters
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense appropriations likely to exceed fiscal 2022 NDAA levels
Key congressional staff disputed that figure, which would amount to a nearly 6 percent boost for Pentagon and other security accounts compared with fiscal 2021.
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
Biden plans to announce pick for Supreme Court in February
Biden will not be able to alter the overall ideological balance of the court, where conservatives have a 6-3 advantage after former President Donald Trump’s three appointments in four years.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol security officials acutely focused on bolstering protections for members
More than a year after the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, the Capitol Police department is barely keeping up with investigating threats against members of Congress, and security officials are intently