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Budget, infrastructure bills slotted for Friday votes in House
Changes to immigration provisions in the base text won’t be included.
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Progressives press for citizenship path as window closes
A House Democratic aide confirmed García is hoping to revive the provisions through a manager’s amendment, a package of changes to the bill that would be spearheaded by Democratic leaders.
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House Democrats put paid leave back in budget bill as vote nears
Pelosi sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to House Democrats on Wednesday morning saying the manager’s amendment “contains some changes” to the package.
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‘Last stop’ House committee takes its turn in the limelight
The final reconciliation text will be introduced in Rules through a manager’s amendment to the original package assembled by the Budget Committee.
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Infrastructure vote looks shaky as progressives balk, again
Progressive lawmakers said they wanted to see the actual text and also wanted assurances it could pass the 50-50 Senate, with some even calling for a Senate vote first on the final text, which may
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Wyden details proposed tax on billionaires’ unrealized gains
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden released text for the first time Wednesday morning of his proposal to tax the yearly change in value of billionaires’ assets, detailing a plan to get at the wealth of the
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Senate Democrats unveil remaining fiscal 2022 spending bills
Foreign Operations funding would get the first significant increase in about a decade, the aide said.
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Bipartisan debt limit patch would raise borrowing cap by $480B
The one-sentence text of the measure would line up the debt limit and Dec. 3 government funding deadlines when the continuing resolution lapses, setting up a potential two-tiered “fiscal cliff” later
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It’s an empty room and hardly anyone’s watching. So why is Congress grandstanding?
grandstanding, which she defined as political theater, badmouthing the other side, praising their own, grilling witnesses or taking policy positions (as opposed to soliciting information to inform a bill’s text
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Cryptocurrency tax reporting deal scotched in Senate
Wyden led the first proposed amendment to the provision, with Toomey and Lummis, which would have directly exempted those developing digital assets or their protocols for others, unless they’re customers
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Senate passes massive COVID-19 relief bill, sending changes back to House
The first vote unexpectedly remained open for nearly 12 hours — breaking the modern record for longest Senate vote — as Schumer struggled to reach agreement with moderate West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin
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Senate grinds toward ‘vote-a-rama’ finish line on huge aid bill
The first amendment vote began just after 11 a.m.
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Senate in for another long night, and day, on pandemic relief
Schumer’s substitute amendment to the House bill incorporates myriad changes sought by Democratic senators.
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Trump lawyers indignant in brief on eve of impeachment trial
That’s in just the first five paragraphs of a 78-page defense brief that has Trump’s arguments against impeachment — that the Senate has no jurisdiction to convict a former president, that the article
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After the filibuster fight, obstacles remain for progressives
Progressives hope that this Congress, the first one with Democrats fully in control since 2010, can finally pass laws to curtail climate change, racial injustice and gun violence, and also take steps
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Sweeping budget blueprint for pandemic aid readied for floor action
The effort promises to be the most wide-ranging budget reconciliation measure since 1993, when President Bill Clinton in his first year signed a sweeping deficit reduction package passed by a Democratic
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Senate moves forward with 50-50 power-sharing agreement, tabling filibuster fight
The agreement, text of which has not yet been released, is modeled after the rules that governed the chamber the last time it was tied in 2001. “Sen.
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Capitol Police officer appeals her gender discrimination case
Further, the federal judge granted summary judgment to the Capitol Police on two retaliation claims: one under the First Amendment and one under the Congressional Accountability Act.
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House Democrats make legal case for Trump impeachment amid growing bipartisan support
The committee’s Democrats countered arguments from Trump supporters in Congress and legal circles that the effort has constitutional problems, including that the First Amendment protects Trump and