Spending Bills Headed for Partisan Gridlock
</p> </p> Recent filibuster threats by Senate Democrats, as well as the razor-thin margin by which the House passed a spending bill for transportation and housing programs last week, could portend
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</p> </p> Recent filibuster threats by Senate Democrats, as well as the razor-thin margin by which the House passed a spending bill for transportation and housing programs last week, could portend
The TAA bill was defeated last week by Democrats — some upset the bill didn’t do enough, others who simply wanted to use the bill to sink TPA (neither bill could be sent to the president’s desk without
The TAA bill was defeated last week by Democrats — some upset the bill didn’t do enough, others who simply wanted to use the bill to sink TPA (neither bill could be sent to the president’s desk without
</p> Two weeks ago, Democrats tried and failed to remove Diaz-Balart language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill barring exports to Cuba if the Cuban military is involved.
[jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">As the Senate continued debate on the defense authorization bill Tuesday, Sen.
</p> “When the bill came from the Senate, where Republicans and Democrats and Paul Ryan worked on the legislation, it came to the House without the input of the Democratic minority,” Crowley added.
</p> </p> Sen. Richard J.
</p> Two weeks ago, Democrats tried and failed to remove Diaz-Balart language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill barring exports to Cuba if the Cuban military is involved.
By Tuesday, the administration had basically abandoned any hope of an instant resolution to the trade impasse, and speculation has already switched to the highway bill — due by the end of the July — as
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo) As government officials answered questions about the recent Office of Personnel Management data breach, former and current congressional staffers processed the notices
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) With a little more than 100 days left to avoid a government shutdown, the federal budget process is about to lurch to a halt and it remains unclear who can get it going again
</p> Rep. Gerald E.
</p> Senate Democrats are promising to filibuster all of the annual appropriations bills — including the Defense bill teed up by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., until Republicans agree to spend
</p> Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Frank J. Larkin and his counterpart in the House, Paul D.
</p> Asked about the roll calls, the department provided a statement referring to Chief Kim C.
</p> Stevenson with Frist.
</p> Stevenson with Frist.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Updated, 10:29 p.m. | It may not stop the most diehard conservatives — six Republicans voted against yet another procedural motion Tuesday — but GOP leadership is pushing back
</p> We are not talking about transferring Senate language into a companion House bill to facilitate a conference with the other body.
</p> As for the bill itself, after some initial progress, an amendment stalemate took hold over an effort by Intelligence Chairman Richard M.