Policy · 115th Congress
Another Farm Bill Trouble Spot: Ex-Prisoners Growing Hemp
The Senate passed its bill on a 86-11 vote.</p> The hemp provision is a point of pride for McConnell, who is a farm bill conferee.
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Policy · 115th Congress
Senate Quandary: How to Sanction Russia Without Harming Europe
</p> A separate bill before the Senate Banking Committee from Sens.
Policy · 115th Congress
House and Senate Interns Set to Receive Pay in Legislative Branch Spending Package
</p> </p> Senate appropriators approved a proposal from Sen. Chris Van Hollen for intern pay in June, but the House version of the bill did not include intern pay provisions.
Policy · 115th Congress
Road Ahead: The House Is Back, Looking for Deals on Spending and Farm Bill
Farm bill negotiators have scheduled a formal meeting Wednesday in the Senate’s Kennedy Caucus Room, and the appropriators responsible for the first bundle of three fiscal 2019 spending bills hope to meet
Policy · 115th Congress
Canada: No Deal Yet With U.S. on NAFTA Update
.″ </p> The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office’s echoed Freeland’s comments.</p> “The negotiations between the United States and Canada are ongoing.
Policy · 115th Congress
Deal on Budget Makeover Gets ‘Closer.’ So Does the November Deadline
But she said no draft bill can be agreed to until House members come back to Washington.</p> “We’re coming closer, but we have to wait for the House,” Ernst said.
Policy · 115th Congress
Republican Infighting Over Abortion Almost Sends Spending Bill Off the Rails
</p> The chamber went on to pass the massive spending package in the early evening.
Policy · 115th Congress
House Committee Pledges to Roll Back More Medicare Regulations
</p> CMS in June released a request for public feedback on the Stark law, citing it as one of the “top concerns” from provider groups.
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate GOP Seeks Tax Law Fixes, Including ‘Retail Glitch’
Lawmakers effectively left out qualified improvement property from the proper section of the bill that would have made major internal renovations to those stores eligible for immediate expensing.
Policy · 115th Congress
Education Funding, Eaten Up by Pell Grants, Once Again on Menu
</p> The future of Pell, which makes up roughly one-third of the Education Department’s annual budget — up from a quarter the last time the Senate took up the Labor-HHS-Education bill in 2007 — remains
Policy · 115th Congress
Road Ahead: Senate Returning to DC for the Ides of August
</p> That would leave much of the debate on a massive spending bill that marries Pentagon appropriations with the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education measure for the next week.
Policy · 115th Congress
Pot Business Expected to Boom, Lighting Up Pressure on Lawmakers
It also cites the introduction of comprehensive hemp protections in the fiscal 2018 farm bill by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Policy · 115th Congress
Foreign Lobbying Overhauls Stall as Manafort Goes to Trial
</p> This Congress has a crush on the idea of overhauling the nation’s foreign lobbying regulations, but lawmakers apparently can’t seem to find the one bill they want to commit to.
Policy · 115th Congress
Durbin Blasts Removal of Myanmar Sanctions From Defense Bill
</p> “The House bill contained five provisions restricting security engagement with Burma, imposing sanctions on Burmese officials responsible for human rights abuses and requiring the State Department
Policy · 115th Congress
For Once, Senate Set to Eclipse House in Appropriations Pace
Candidates include the Transportation-HUD and Agriculture measures, in order to be able to conference with the Senate on their four-bill package.
Policy · 115th Congress
Durbin Back on the Warpath Against E-Cigarette ‘Candy-Flavored Poisons’
</p> Durbin was in Chicago on Monday to announce his latest effort. He plans to introduce a bipartisan bill with Sen.
Policy · 115th Congress
NDAA Races Through Congress at Historic Pace
</p> “I was actually in the first grade the last time we passed a defense authorization bill this fast,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan told reporters this week.
Policy · 115th Congress
House Appropriators Seek Details on Family Separations, Citing ‘Hearts, Not Just Our Heads’
House appropriators are using a committee report on the fiscal 2019 Homeland Security spending bill to probe the Trump administration’s separation of more than 2,500 undocumented children from their parents
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate to Weigh Large Cuts to Military Aid
</p> Specifically, the Senate bill would allocate about $8.6 billion more than Trump proposed for developing and procuring weapons.