Senate Republicans get ready to roll on revised budget
The measure would punt, for now, on the overall size of offsetting spending cuts, but the text clearly states a preference for a minimum $2 trillion in cuts over 10 years.
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The measure would punt, for now, on the overall size of offsetting spending cuts, but the text clearly states a preference for a minimum $2 trillion in cuts over 10 years.
The deal that the Freedom Caucus struck with leadership would change the text of the budget resolution in two ways, Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., said off the floor during House votes Thursday
Congress’ first bill of the year could foreshadow how much political reality may affect the thinking of Senate Democrats.
2016, Hillary Clinton gave lip service to the cause in her convention acceptance speech: "We need to appoint Supreme Court justices who will get money out of politics and … we’ll pass a constitutional amendment
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.
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.
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Pelosi sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to House Democrats on Wednesday morning saying the manager’s amendment “contains some changes” to the package.
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
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
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
Wyden hasn’t ruled out putting forward his own amendment as a fix. He’s not alone in aiming to adjust that portion of the bill. Sen. Patrick J.
that Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota had wanted to swap for the original text.
But the rest would have to wait until they’ve spent at least 80 percent of the first tranche or 60 days before the start of their fiscal year starting in 2023, whichever is earlier.
The House passed its first batch of appropriations bills Friday after a truncated process with big batches of en bloc amendment votes, foreshadowing a similar whirlwind of activity on the floor next week
The base text coming out of committee includes language that would require the Pentagon to change the names within three years, though the White House has said the president would not sign such a bill.