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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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.
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.
Congress’ first bill of the year could foreshadow how much political reality may affect the thinking of Senate Democrats.
Six months after President Joe Biden first asked for it, the House passed a tweaked version of his emergency aid package for key U.S. allies with strong bipartisan support, sending it back to the Senate
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.
The first four appropriations bills are close to being completed, Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said Monday.
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.
The Paul amendment had a 60-vote threshold for adoption. The chamber had originally been set to vote on Indiana Sen.
Monday; if cloture is invoked, Schumer could unveil a substitute amendment containing the CR text, if it’s ready by then.
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
The minibus comprises the first three of the Senate’s 12 fiscal 2024 appropriations to go to the floor.
Ultimately, that bid didn’t work, and the bill’s text was replaced with a requirement to study the policy. Sen.
But the text also clarifies a few things that weren’t obvious earlier.
If a deal is reached by Monday, the House would vote next week, with 72 hours notice after text is posted.
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
during a news conference on Tuesday that it’s "pretty clear" Biden can either accept a bill that House Republicans passed to increase the debt limit by $1.5 trillion or through March — whichever comes first
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.
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.
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.
A full CBO score wasn’t yet available for the not-yet-released Senate substitute text. But under the publicly unveiled parameters of a deal struck between Majority Leader Charles E.