Campus Notebook: Most House Committees See Cuts
</p> Overall committee spending would be trimmed 6.4 percent in 2012, as called for in the House-passed legislative branch appropriations bill.
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Democrats Get In December Digs
</p> Michael Steel, spokesman for Boehner, dismissed those complaints, pointing out that the latest game of shutdown chicken was prompted when Democrats sought to connect the spending bill to the payroll
White House Won’t Commit to Signing Omnibus, Waffles on Keystone Pipeline
The White House has previously tied getting a deal on the tax cut to the omnibus, with Carney saying Thursday that it was unacceptable for Congress to get its spending bill and go home without ensuring
Ethics Committee Confirms Extension of Waters Probe
</p> In a joint statement issued by Ethics Chairman Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) and ranking member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), the committee announced that it has authorized outside attorney Billy Martin to bill
First Openly Gay Ambassador Reflects on Political Statement
</p> Hormel sat down with Roll Call to discuss his book and the importance of coming out.</p> Q: How would you compare the atmosphere in Washington now to when you were being appointed?
N.J. Mapmakers Hope for Redraw This Week
</p> The commission is made up of six Democrats, six Republicans and one independent member.</p> “I want to keep the tone as civil as possible,” commission member John Farmer Jr. added.
Appropriators Reach $1 Trillion Deal in Principle
</p> House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers said that he hoped to vote on the bill Friday, validating the predictions of appropriators who earlier in the day were confident the measure could be on the
Appropriations Rider Would Block D.C. Abortion Funding
</p> The omnibus spending bill unveiled very early this morning would also include funding for Speaker John Boehner’s school voucher program for D.C., which Del.
New Sense Of Optimism on Spending, Payroll Tax
</p> After days of acrimonious back and forth on how to wrap their year-end work, the two Senate leaders expressed optimism today at being able to finish both a year-end appropriations bill and an extension
Boehner: ‘There’s an Easy Way to Untangle’ Taxes, Spending
“If it does not happen, I’ve taken the essence of that bill and put it into a House bill and we’re prepared to move that if necessary.”
Groups Ramp Up Lobbying Before SOPA Vote
</p> Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform joined the fray, too, Wednesday, praising revisions to the bill intended to ease the burden on Internet Service Providers and payment processors.
White House Lays Down Markers on Payroll Tax, Spending
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney effectively gave up Thursday on passing a new tax on millionaires, while openly tying a final deal on an omnibus spending bill to getting a payroll tax cut passed
Appropriators Optimistic They Can Beat Friday Deadline
</p> Republicans, who have maintained this week that there is an agreement on all policy issues, began to acknowledge that there might be changes made to the bill before it is filed.
Congress Cuts Its Own Budget
</p> However, it does appear that House and Senate appropriators found many areas of compromise in the legislative branch spending bill, including on two line items that have proven the most contentious
Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Continue to Talk Payroll Deal
</p> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and their staffs are in talks to resolve the roadblocks for each party in the catchall payroll tax bill.
Harry Reid Floats Two-Month Extension on Payroll Tax Cut
</p> With a $1 trillion-plus omnibus appropriations package agreed to in principle, all that Members have left standing between them and Christmas vacation is the catchall bill to extend the payroll tax
Holiday Candy Canes Come Spiced With Lobbying
</p> As part of its effort, the confectioners also recently hired Bill Morley of the Altrius Group to lobby on Farm bill and sugar legislation.
Senate Passes $662 Billion Defense Authorization
The Senate today sent President Barack Obama the $662 billion fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill, which takes one item off Congress’ to-do list before leaving for the holiday recess.
‘Dear Vlad,’ McCain Isn’t Fazed By Criticism
</p> “Dear Vlad, The ArabSpring is coming to a neighborhood near you,” McCain wrote.</p> Putin, according to a report published by Agence France Presse, didn’t take kindly to the criticism.