Congress · 117th Congress
Roe reversal puts spotlight on state laws
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a longtime supporter of a nationwide ban on abortion after 20-weeks of pregnancy. Sen.
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Congress skeptical about Biden’s call to suspend gas tax
Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm is scheduled to discuss that with executives from BP, Chevron and other oil companies on Thursday.
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Conservative faction’s earmark requests illustrate GOP divide
divert taxpayer resources to special interests, grease the wheels of Washington’s spending machine and set a poor example of fiscal responsibility,” reads the plan unveiled by RSC Chairman Jim Banks, R-Ind
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Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget
James M. Inhofe, who is the top Republican on the committee and served previously as its chairman. Inhofe is retiring from Congress at the end of the year.
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Congress sends Biden a bill to boost Supreme Court security
The leaked draft opinion sparked a wave of protests outside justices’ homes, and a California man faces charges that he traveled to the Maryland home of Justice Brett M.
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Bipartisan Senate duo offers bill to fund stepped-up court security
An armed man who authorities say aimed to kill Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was arrested outside of Kavanaugh’s home last week. Sens.
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GOP Senate retirements could spell trouble for earmarks’ future
Not to be outdone, Oklahoma’s James M. Inhofe is seeking nearly $900 million. Another retiring Senate earmarker, North Carolina’s Richard M.
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Sanders, Graham square off on climate, gas prices in debate
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sparred over rising gas prices during a Monday debate, with Sanders blaming corporate greed and Graham blaming President Joe Biden’s energy policies for
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Ukraine caucus leaders still on a ‘war footing’
Mike Quigley, D-Ill., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., have more contemporary connections.
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Emergency funding bill for Ukraine passes House
Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said earlier Tuesday. “It’s in the language, and I can’t support with it in the text.” Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard C.
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Senate Democrats look to write abortion rights into law, but may lack votes
Susan Collins, R-Maine, who has drafted legislation with Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski to put protections from the Roe v. Wade decision and the Planned Parenthood v.
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From ‘purple spatula’ to ‘aspiring statesman’ with Rep. William Timmons
“I still remember [making chewing noises] and saying, ‘Oh, I just had a bite of my peanut butter and jelly sandwich,’” says William R. Timmons IV, now a lawmaker himself.
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Ukraine aid, pandemic relief likely to be combined in Senate
John Cornyn, R-Texas, said such a bill could be vetoed by Biden, rendering that strategy ineffective. Sen.
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Former Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who helped shape health and tax policy, dead at 88
Hatch, R-Utah, who served in the Senate from 1977 through 2019 and who retired as president pro tempore as the most senior member of his party, died Saturday at age 88.
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New requests bring military’s ‘unfunded priorities’ above $21 billion
James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., a leading hawk, prefers to call them “risk lists.” The disagreement over terminology illustrates the divergent ways the requests are viewed.
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House passes $55B aid package for restaurants, other businesses
House Small Business Chair Nydia M.
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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., went as far as to say the chamber would not have considered Jackson’s nomination had Republicans been in the majority.
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Vote on COVID-19 spending bill indefinitely delayed
“I don’t see a pathway,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ranking member Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., who helped negotiate the bill, said Wednesday.
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Odds dimming for quick passage of $10B virus aid package
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ranking member Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., another negotiator, seemed even more pessimistic: “I don’t think it’ll get done this week,” he said.
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Restaurant, ‘hard-hit’ business aid shelved in Senate, for now
Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and there’s been some effort to reconcile differences with the House bill to try to expedite passage in both chambers.