Policy · 114th Congress
GOP Readies Cuts to Federal Workforce Under Trump
</p> Chaffetz has yet to settle on a firm formula on how to achieve reductions, but he said some sort of attrition plan will likely be part of the bill.
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Policy · 114th Congress
Emotional Biden Won’t Rule Out 2020 Run
</p> Biden was in the Capitol to preside over a procedural vote to limit debate on a bill that includes support for the cancer “moonshot” he has championed since the death of his son Beau, the former
Policy · 114th Congress
Mattis May Prove Antidote to Trump on Defense
</p> Will Mattis just impress Trump going forward? Or will he change his mind? That is the question.</p> Take Russia.
Policy · 114th Congress
‘Cures’ Research Package Draws Strong Bipartisan Vote
</p> Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the HELP committee, said her colleagues are “getting very excited” about the bill.
Policy · 114th Congress
House ’Cures’ Package Could Hit Potholes in Senate
</p> The Iowa Republican said he will object to an expected request for unanimous consent to take up the House bill in the Senate unless this provision is removed.
Policy · 114th Congress
Busy Lame-Duck Session Ahead in the Senate
McConnell said senators would work to pass a continuing resolution, or stopgap funding bill, to push funding decisions into the next year.
Policy · 114th Congress
Pentagon Warns Stopgap Spending Bill Could Hurt Terrorism Fight
</p> But if the new stopgap spending bill does not include additional funds for U.S. military campaigns overseas — as well as more flexibility in how to spend defense dollars — then American counter-terrorism
Policy · 114th Congress
Obama Shortens Sentences of 79 More for Low-Level Drug Offenses
</p> All of the sentences he shortened on Tuesday were for drug-related offenses.</p> “At the heart of America is the idea that we’re all imperfect. We all make mistakes.
Policy · 114th Congress
Schumer Says Obama Should Protect DREAMers if Trump Won’t
Sessions has been a particularly vociferous critic of Obama administration immigration policies and an opponent of the “gang of eight” immigration bill that Schumer helped craft in 2013 and helped lead
Policy · 114th Congress
Interest in Obamacare Coverage Surges With Arrival of Trump Era
</p> The reconciliation bill that Republicans cleared earlier this year, and which Obama vetoed, would have eliminated marketplace subsidies as of Dec. 31, 2017, providing almost two years for insurers
Policy · 114th Congress
Trump‘s Treasury Hopefuls Steeped in Wall Street Experience
</p> Mnuchin and Ross previously supported some Democrats.
Policy · 114th Congress
7 Races That Could Affect Health Policy
</p> <p class="p1">Blunt and his Democratic counterpart on the committee this year delivered the first bipartisan Labor-HHS-Education bill in seven years, a compromise that centered on a $2 billion boost
Policy · 114th Congress
Democrats Eye Debt-Free College Push in Next Congress
</p> [Obama’s New Nuance on His Student Loans]</p> The group found willing partners in both the House and Senate.
Policy · 114th Congress
National Guard Bonus Debate Steeped in Electoral Politics
The defense authorization bill now in conference is one possible vehicle for such a measure, as is the new continuing resolution that will have to be advanced in December, or more likely an omnibus spending
Policy · 114th Congress
Exclusive: Obama Would Veto Defense Bill Over Discrimination Issue
</p> In fact, Senate Democrats are not ruling out blocking floor action on the authorization bill if the Russell language is not removed.
Policy · 114th Congress
Democrats Draw Line Over LGBT Provision in Defense Authorization Bill
</p> The provision was attached to the House version of the bill during a late-night markup. Oklahoma GOP Rep. Steve Russell offered the amendment.
Policy · 114th Congress
Lobbyists Turn to Lame Duck, Next Congress for Business
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said he also wants to push along a bill that would expand funding for medical research.
Policy · 114th Congress
FDA Approval Changes Could Affect Drug Prices
</p> [Pharmaceutical Lobby Shakeup Precedes Drug Price Battle]</p> In the next user fee agreement, the FDA is committing to a 10-month review and an accelerated 8-month timeline for completing applications
Policy · 114th Congress
Facts Hard to Come by on Guantanamo Detainees’ Dangers
That talking point was in evidence last month during House floor debate ahead of passage of a bill that would temporarily bar transfers of any Guantanamo detainees.
Policy · 114th Congress
Regulators Call For Tougher Natural Gas Storage Safety Measures
</p> Congress in June passed a bill that not only authorized $720 million for PHMSA programs through fiscal 2019, but also directed the agency to set minimum safety standards for underground natural gas