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Congress reconvenes next week to start working on stopgap funding legislation on which President Joe Biden’s signature is required before Oct. 1 in order to avert a partial government shutdown.
Even Republicans in Congress have not griped too loudly about Biden’s approach, mostly dinging him for not getting more lethal weapons in Ukrainians’ hands faster.
Congress has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to take a closer look at the growing relationship between China and the United Arab Emirates, raising questions about American military technology leaking
Yvette Roubideaux, director of the Policy Research Center at the National Congress of American Indians, expressed alarm about the undercount of Native Americans on reservations, which was more than
However, the White House has been rhetorically supportive of Congress passing a new Russia sanctions bill, calling it a move that would strengthen U.S. diplomatic efforts with Moscow by showing how
“If Congress sends him a bill, he’s happy to sign it,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said last week. “They haven’t sent him a bill on that yet.”
But Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez touted the language he offered as an amendment to the fiscal 2022 defense policy measure as an example of the types of sanctions Congress might
Yellen has told Congress that without additional borrowing room, the government may exhaust its ability to pay its financial obligations by Dec. 15.
Yellen that the country could face an economic crisis if Congress didn’t act before Oct. 18.
Yellen has said Congress must act by Oct. 18 or the agency would be at risk of failure to meet U.S. financial commitments.
All the “no” votes came from Republicans, but passage wasn’t really in doubt after Democratic leaders agreed to drop language in the original House-passed version that would have suspended the debt ceiling
If the debt ceiling isn’t raised or suspended in time, Treasury would be forced to fall back on whatever cash is left on hand and incoming revenue on a day-to-day basis.
Budget deals in 2019, 2018 and 2015 suspended the debt limit after lawmakers arrived at agreements on setting discretionary spending on defense and nondefense programs, giving each side wins on their policy
The need so outstrips the funds available that local public housing authorities charged with distributing the vouchers can have yearslong or suspended waiting lists for subsidies.
A U.S. intelligence assessment released to Congress on Friday confirmed that military pilots over the years had observed, and in some cases recorded, more than 100 instances of high-speed craft whose origin
The legislative branch’s insight into the Wuhan Institute of Virology may be limited since Congress does not have access to the lab’s internal records.
In recent laws postponing the debt limit from taking effect, Congress has added language barring Treasury from borrowing more than was necessary to pay for federal programs and from “increasing the
Several states and members of Congress have indicated they may challenge the census results in court. Monday’s release follows months of trouble for the decennial count.
During the Trump administration, the USTR also investigated France’s digital service tax and determined that it was discriminatory and recommended retaliatory tariffs, but it suspended implementation
Former President Barack Obama in 2016 suspended many U.S. government restrictions on relations with Myanmar as part of a strategy to reward the country for its moves toward civilian rule.