Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds
Thune, but I would love to see the first minibus brought to the Senate floor before we break for the August recess," Collins said, referring to a potential bundle of several bills.
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House considers Trump cuts as Senate Republicans work on reconciliation bill
The rescissions package could be just the first of several from Trump and his Office of Management and Budget.
This week: Top three House reconciliation markups take center stage
The Ways and Means Committee released partial text late Friday, but it’s expected that a substitute amendment will be released as soon as Monday to supplant that and build out the "big, beautiful bill.
Johnson’s stopgap funds plan appears headed for defeat in House
The amendment from Cole, R-Okla., which would be "self-executed," or incorporated into the base text upon adoption of the rule, would renew the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program through the
Senate sends spending package to Biden, wrapping up fiscal 2024
Overall, more than $1.9 billion worth of home-state projects made it into the bill, on top of $12.7 billion in the first spending package funding the remainder of federal agencies.
Critical spending decisions await Tuesday White House meeting
The first four appropriations bills are close to being completed, Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said Monday.
Palestinian aid emerges as sticking point in supplemental talks
Paul’s amendment was defeated on a nearly party-line, 44-50 vote. Only retiring Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III, from deep-red West Virginia, voted with the Republicans.
House clears stopgap funding extension into March
The Paul amendment had a 60-vote threshold for adoption. The chamber had originally been set to vote on Indiana Sen.
Senate stopgap plan might extend to January, jettison war funds
Monday; if cloture is invoked, Schumer could unveil a substitute amendment containing the CR text, if it’s ready by then.
Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to add privacy protections to surveillance law
The legislation is the first major proposal unveiled for reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows the U.S. government to collect the digital communications
Senate passes three fiscal 2024 spending bills in ‘minibus’
Before passing the package, the Senate adopted by voice vote a substitute amendment offered by Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., that replaced the text of the House-passed Military Construction-VA
Senate adopts gun provision among amendments to spending bill
The minibus comprises the first three of the Senate’s 12 fiscal 2024 appropriations to go to the floor.
Four spending bills readied for House floor amid stopgap uncertainty
The Agriculture bill — which would be the first to go a final passage vote under the tentative schedule leadership is considering — would see additional cuts totaling $2.8 billion.
Bipartisan debt limit package unveiled as clock ticks toward ‘x date’
But the text also clarifies a few things that weren’t obvious earlier.
Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hash out a debt limit compromise were racing against the clock Wednesday to get some principles down on paper that could be written into legislative text
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For new GOP House majority, a focus on abortion messaging
The shift in the House majority will give House Republicans their first opportunity to drive the agenda on abortion policy since the June 24 Supreme Court decision and to distance themselves from
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer: Senate closing in on omnibus amendments deal
Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., expects to get a vote on her amendment to backfill the cash-strapped World Trade Center Health Fund for first-responders who got sick after the 9/11 cleanup efforts.
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Both parties claim wins in massive omnibus spending bill
First vote Tuesday Democrats introduced the bill in the Senate, where a procedural vote is expected Tuesday to kickstart the floor process by moving to bring up the shell legislative vehicle.
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Schumer starts process for taking up stopgap funding bill
Schumer took the first preliminary step Thursday toward considering stopgap funding legislation needed by the end of next week to avoid a partial government shutdown.
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Veterans toxic exposure bill stalls as lawmakers head home
The Senate first passed the bill last week in an 84-14 vote.