Policy · 119th Congress
Senate Agriculture plans Thursday vote on CFTC nominee
↵↵"I think it's vitally important, as I mention, that we have certainty, clarity and consumer protection in these markets.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs bill compelling release of Epstein files
↵↵"I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my [Mar-a-Lago] club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert," the president said Tuesday in the Oval Office.
Congress · 119th Congress
Top four appropriators set to meet on spending package
↵↵"I know some of my colleagues have objections on principle of combining these, but I really don't," said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.↵↵Sen.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate appears polarized as health care subsidy cliff nears
↵↵"There is a health cost freight train, I would say to my colleagues, that is hurtling into view as we speak," said Wyden, D-Ore.
Congress · 119th Congress
With Trump’s belated blessing, Epstein bill moves quickly through Congress
Schumer, D-N.Y., requested unanimous consent to pass the legislation without amendment as soon as it is sent over from the House. No senators objected.
Congress · 119th Congress
Biofuels standards put farm, oil state members on opposite sides
↵↵"Without full restoration the benefits of the original proposal won't reach the farm gate or lower prices at the pump," the bipartisan and bicameral group of farm state lawmakers said in their letter
Congress · 119th Congress
After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort
It is the most horrendous year in over 30 years of me being in government," Pocan said. "But having said that, I think it also might help us to go back and change it and get functional again."Â
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say
this week to reopen the federal government, would allow senators to file a civil lawsuit against the United States for at least $500,000 per instance if the government searched or subpoenaed their data without
Congress · 119th Congress
‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say
↵↵"I would say so," he said when asked if he supported the Senate's spending package. "I think based on everything, I'm hearing they haven't changed anything.
Congress · 119th Congress
After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading
During a news conference at the time, Roy said Johnson should "deliver it quickly to the floor of the House." And Rep.
Congress · 119th Congress
Groups challenge conditions at California migrant detention center
↵↵"According to detainees that my staff and I have heard from, the drinking water at the facility continues to taste foul, the food quality for detainees has not improved, and some detainees are skipping
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote
↵↵"I think it is outrageous, outrageous, for these Republican senators to effectively guarantee themselves million-dollar paydays," said Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump signs spending bill to end longest government shutdown
↵↵"This is no way to run a country," Trump said in signing the bill ending a 43-day partial shutdown. "I hope we can all agree the government should never be shut down again."
Congress · 119th Congress
House leaders seek repeal of Senate push for GOP payouts
↵↵Johnson said he had not been aware that the Senate provision was slipped into the spending package.↵↵"I found out about it last night," he told reporters. "I was surprised.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate passes spending package in key step to end shutdown
↵↵"This was the only deal on the table," Shaheen said.
Congress · 119th Congress
This week: Shutdown could end as Senate spending deal prompts House to return
Angus King, I-Maine, suggested that there was no path for getting expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits extended without ending the partial government shutdown.
Congress · 119th Congress
Republicans denounce new Democratic offer to end shutdown
↵↵"There's no way our conference is going to vote on what Chuck proposed," said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. "I don't see anything changing, if at all, for a while."↵↵Even before the conference, Sen.
Congress · 119th Congress
‘Blocked, ruined, canceled’: Trump hosts Hungary’s Orban as shutdown rolls on
you probably know, because the Democrats have gone, they're crazy, they're crazy, but they don't care if they hurt the country. … We've approved an opening up 14 times, and they keep rejecting it, and I
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump urges GOP senators to change Senate rules to reopen government
And I said, 'No, I don't believe so.' And now I heard it's after the [Tuesday] election. I don't believe so," he said during a breakfast meeting with Republican senators at the White House.Â
Congress · 119th Congress
Lawmakers want count of US citizens held by immigration agents
↵↵Among the limits sought in the brief are restrictions on searching nonpublic areas of construction sites without a warrant and detaining workers even after they show evidence of lawful presence in the