Policy · 115th Congress
House Votes to Fund Government Through Mid-January
</p> The CR through Jan. 19 is not a “clean” spending bill in that it includes several attachments.
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</p> The CR through Jan. 19 is not a “clean” spending bill in that it includes several attachments.
</p> </p> “When I was running for Ways and Means, there was a meeting about it because those were important spots.
</p> The Byrd rule problem was not fatal to the bill — it simply stripped out those provisions en route to final passage and ensured that the House would need to revote on the tax bill Wednesday to send
</p> Paradoxically, that put some of their most vulnerable members in a tough spot.</p> Some donors feel that members who opposed the tax bill don’t deserve their help.
</p> Watch: Lawmakers Praise Trump in Rose Garden Tax Bill Celebration</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> “I know that those people who are up for re-election are pretty jubilant right now,” Sen.
</p> The current CR expires Dec. 22, so a new spending bill must be passed by the end of Friday to prevent a partial government shutdown.
By Thomas McKinless</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">Democratic Leaders Charles E.
By Thomas McKinless</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">Republican lawmakers celebrated the passage of their tax overhaul bill at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, showering President Donald
</p> Q: But isn’t $930 tax saving enough to win a voter’s gratitude?</p> A: That is the biggest political question hovering over the tax bill.
Susan Collins of Maine have been pushing the legislation, with Collins even staking her vote for the GOP tax bill in part on the measure passing before the end of 2017.
</p> Watch: Lawmakers Praise Trump in Rose Garden Tax Bill Celebration</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> If House Republicans can’t get on board with that plan, the likelihood of a government shutdown significantly
</p> Not everyone will feel the positive effects of the bill.
</p> Trump and GOP lawmakers celebrated a rare legislative victory on Wednesday after Congress sent a tax overhaul bill to his desk.
</p> So, who’s right?</p> Time will tell. If the economy takes off after the tax bill goes into effect next year and voters see bigger paychecks and more jobs, Republicans will win the argument.
House GOP leaders are moving forward with a vote Thursday on a stopgap spending bill and a short-term extension of government surveillance powers lasting through Jan. 19, although they were working late
</p> GOP House Administration Chairman Gregg Harper of Mississippi hopes to file a sweeping bill Wednesday evening that would overhaul the system for reporting and handling sexual misconduct on Capitol
</p> Farm bill and food stamps The CBO in May 2013 estimated that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, would cost $764 billion over 10 years before the 2014 farm
The process allows Republicans to pass a bill with support from a simple majority.
</p> California GOP Rep. Tom McClintock was the only member positively swayed by changes between the House bill and the conference report.
</p> But as the House prepares to vote on the spending bill Wednesday, just two days before the Dec. 22 government funding deadline, GOP division over the $81 billion disaster supplemental that leadership