This week: Reconciliation bill back on track, at least for now
Wednesday to set the ground rules for floor debate on the measure after releasing an updated committee print version of the legislative text overnight.
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Weekend do-over planned for ‘big, beautiful’ budget package
Norman also said he is a "hard no" as he wants Medicaid work requirements to take effect sooner than the 2029 start laid out under the text of the bill, and wants green energy tax credits Democrats enacted
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.
GOP budget framework gets over initial hurdle in House
Adopting the same budget resolution in both chambers is the necessary first step to writing a reconciliation bill, which includes submissions from various authorizing committees.
Parents, states press Congress to act on kids online safety bill
The first provision removed would have required tech companies to exercise a "reasonable care in the creation and implementation of any design feature to prevent and mitigate" harms to minors, including
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
Supreme Court clarifies when a gun law is constitutional
Much of the ruling expounded on what the Supreme Court had ruled in a 2022 decision that expanded gun rights, which stated that gun control provisions had to comport with the text and "historical tradition
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.
DOD’s top levels feel effects of Tuberville blanket holds
Ultimately, that bid didn’t work, and the bill’s text was replaced with a requirement to study the policy. Sen.
Contours of debt limit deal start to take shape
If a deal is reached by Monday, the House would vote next week, with 72 hours notice after text is posted.
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
House GOP leaders forge ahead with debt limit vote
The first test of support will come early Wednesday afternoon when the House is scheduled to vote on a rule for the bill that, if adopted, would automatically fold the manager’s amendment containing the
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Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws
“We’ve had consistent interpretation of the law, both under Section 230 and the First Amendment, as to how it applies to the intermediaries that host all of our speech,” Mackey said.
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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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‘Directly related’: Two key words could sink long-shot talks on preventing mass shootings
<p class="has-black-color has-text-color">“Every other nation, from Canada to England, has all the same issues that we have: mental health issues, people being whipped into hate on the internet, violent
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Ukraine aid vote pushed to next week amid Senate snarl
The first step is a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the bill, which is set to ripen at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
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Former Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who helped shape health and tax policy, dead at 88
<p class="has-text-align-center">[Orrin Hatch Prepares for His Senate Exit] Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Hatch grew up in poverty.
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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.