Congress · 116th Congress
Military bases unprepared for gathering climate change storm
</p> That lack of preparedness is an issue likely to emerge when the House Armed Services Committee begins its markup of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Border wall, nuclear weapons to spark partisan fight at defense bill debate
</p> Smith’s bill would put a “blanket” ban on the Pentagon using its funds to construct a wall, fence or physical barrier.
Congress · 116th Congress
Repeal of abortion funding ban won’t be part of spending debate, sponsor says
</p> That was the view Monday night of Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
Border spending package seeks aid for migrants, but no money for Trump’s wall
</p> The decision marked the first sign of movement on a stand-alone border funding bill, which President Donald Trump first requested on May 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Rep. King’s ‘Diamond and Silk Act’ gets ripped by conservative pundits
Steve King’s new bill aimed at providing aid and resources to veterans and homeless people as a politically motivated ploy that unnecessarily involves the controversial conservative YouTube personalities
Congress · 116th Congress
On congressional pay raise, maximum political pain and no gain
</p> Amid the fallout from Democrats in the chamber abruptly pulling a legislative spending bill from a broader package, leaders on Tuesday were left to state an easy to articulate but difficult to achieve
Congress · 116th Congress
Contractors would receive shutdown pay in next spending package
House Democrats would make whole federal contractors who didn’t get paid during the 35-day partial government shutdown that ended in January as part of a $383 billion fiscal 2020 spending bill set to hit
Campaigns · 116th Congress
These senators running for president made $7.1 million writing books
</p> Here’s a look at how much each made, and what they wrote.
Congress · 116th Congress
Fight over pay raise for Congress causes Democrats to pull spending bill
</p> The fiscal 2020 Legislative Branch bill did not include a provision to block automatic pay raises for members, something appropriators had done in previous bills going back to 2009.
Congress · 116th Congress
Hyde amendment, other abortion riders in the spending limelight
on an appropriations bill.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Armed Services strikes agreement on Trump’s Space Force
</p> The draft version of the bill known as the chairman’s mark did not include language on Space Force, which appeared to indicate that House Armed Services Democrats were not on board with authorizing
Policy · 116th Congress
Artificial intelligence is coming. Will Congress be ready?
Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is co-sponsoring a bill dubbed the Algorithmic Accountability Act, introduced in April.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: House tackles first spending package and NDAA endurance contest
</p> House lawmakers have been warned that late-night votes are on the schedule as they work through floor consideration of a five-bill package that amounts to about $990 billion in discretionary spending
Congress · 116th Congress
Rep. Hartzler to host $500-per-person event for defense executives on eve of defense markup
</p> House Armed Services has scheduled its marathon markup of the fiscal 2020 defense authorization bill, which sets the Defense Department’s annual policy and budget priorities, for Wednesday.
Congress · 116th Congress
An expanded ‘remain in Mexico’ policy may cause more suffering, not curb migration
Veronica Escobar, a Democrat whose district in Texas includes El Paso, introduced a bill soon after aimed at restricting government funds from being used to implement the program.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the Week: A moose and a bear enter the Capitol
</p> Also this week — the 10th anniversary of the Experience New Hampshire event in the Capitol, complete with life-size animals.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Campaign season means ‘law and order.’ Can we break the habit?
</p> When Democrats and Republicans cooperated on a criminal justice reform bill late last year that made modest changes in the federal system, they congratulated themselves for getting something done
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats want to require Pentagon to study climate change risks on military bases
Adam Smith, who leads the House Armed Services Committee that takes up the bill June 12.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump: ‘Something pretty dramatic’ could happen with Mexico as tariffs loom
Further…</p> — Donald J.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Think Kirsten Gillibrand has no chance? She’s heard that before — and won anyway
</p> But that origin story is not a simple one.