Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: After Stormy, Trump Goes Dark
</p> He had to be talked — twice — into signing a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that was required to avert his third government shutdown in just 15 months in office.
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Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Leaves Aides in Lurch on Border Wall Funding Idea
the commander in chief wrote in a tweet that otherwise was about military funding included in the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill he reluctantly signed into law Friday.
Politics · 115th Congress
Amodei Spins Ryan Resignation Rumor After Preaching: ‘Words Have Impact’
</p> Shad did not have an audible reaction to Amodei’s revelation. He just asked, “Why would Ryan resign?”</p> Amodei again indulged in speculation.</p> “I don’t know,” he said.
Politics · 115th Congress
Sen. Jeff Merkley Tests 2020 Waters With New Hampshire Visit
</p> Merkley was one of only eight Senate Democrats to vote against the omnibus spending bill Trump signed into law last Friday.
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Ross: 2020 Census Will Ask About Citizenship Status
</p> Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, has already introduced a bill with Democratic co-sponsors that would block the Census Bureau from asking a question about citizenship status.
Politics · 115th Congress
Stormy Daniels, Credibility Questions Plague White House
Trump caught his staff and Republican allies off guard when he tweeted he was considering vetoing an ominbus spending bill needed to avert the third government shutdown of his presidency — after most lawmakers
Politics · 115th Congress
Photos of the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington
</p> Here’s the day in photos:</p>A group from Pittsburgh marches down the West Front of the Capitol to join the student-led March for Our Lives rally.
Politics · 115th Congress
While Demonstrators Call for Action on Gun Violence, Nobody’s Home at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“another bill like this.”
Politics · 115th Congress
Florida’s Midterms Loom Large in ‘March for Our Lives’
</p> Florida’s senior senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, also was at the march. Since the Parkland shooting, he has become increasingly vocal about changing gun laws.
Politics · 115th Congress
A Universal Message at ‘March for Our Lives’ — Vote This November
</p> “Vote them out! Vote them out!”
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Photos of the Week: Snow and the Threat of a Veto
</p> Remember? It snowed this week.
Politics · 115th Congress
Senate Sends 2,232-Page Omnibus Spending Bill to Trump
</p> Following the 65-32 vote, north of the 60 votes needed for passage, the bill now heads to President Donald Trump for his expected signature.
Politics · 115th Congress
After Self-Created Drama, Trump Signs Omnibus
</p> He vowed that he would never sign “another bill like this” into law, later saying he “looked very seriously at the veto.”
Politics · 115th Congress
How House Members Voted on the Omnibus Versus the Budget Deal
</p> “The CHC cannot support this spending bill as it would fund Trump’s border wall and mass deportation force.
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Trump Threatens to Veto Omnibus Over DACA and Border Wall
</p> “Will the president sign the bill? Yes,” he said at the start of a hastily arranged news conference.
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Omnibus Re-Ups Measure to Defund Nonexistent ACORN Group
ACORN dissolved shortly after that, but the language prohibiting funds to the group snuck its way into this year’s bill nearly a decade later.
Politics · 115th Congress
March for Our Lives in Washington: What You Need to Know
Murphy of Connecticut managed to add their bill strengthening the current federal background check system — the “Fix NICS Act” — to the omnibus.
Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: Omnibus Bill Signals Policy Areas Congress Will Punt On
</p> The 2018 omnibus spending bill could be the last major legislative package to advance this year, a reality that spurred members in both chambers to lobby leadership to attach their pet project legislation
Politics · 115th Congress
Zell Miller, Longtime Georgia Political Fixture and Senator, Dead at 86
</p> At the 1992 Democratic National Convention, he wholeheartedly endorsed his fellow Southern governor, Arkansas’ Bill Clinton, for president, and made an impassioned defense of what he said was the