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Bipartisan coronavirus relief package hits snags over details
</p> The $908 billion plan is being eyed as the baseline for a new aid package lawmakers plan to attach to an omnibus fiscal 2021 spending bill.
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The workhorse legacy of the late Sen. Paul Sarbanes
</p> His legacy was on display as news spread about his death Sunday at the age of 87.</p> “Known as the stealth senator, he was low-key but extremely effective.
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House votes to decriminalize marijuana
Republicans argued that the bill is frivolous, while Democrats called it overdue. </p> The bill is meant to end the tension between increasingly liberal state policies and the federal restrictions.
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Timeline for massive year-end bill slipping
</p> Pelosi said leaders are working toward having everything in one bill “because we would want a big strong vote.”</p> Pension progress?
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Sage grouse, biomass riders trip up omnibus spending bill
</p> The Interior-Environment spending bill for years has included a provision that would prevent the Interior Department from applying the Endangered Species Act to the greater sage grouse, a prairie
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House passes ‘Tiger King’ bill to ban private ownership of big cats
</p> “This bill, contrary to what I’ve been hearing so far, is not about protecting the public from big cats,” the Utah Republican said.
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Defense bill seeks to bolster military’s pandemic response
</p> Within the bill are at least 10 measures that directly address the military’s role in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, including requiring the Pentagon to maintain personal protective equipment
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Conferees unveil NDAA as veto threat looms
</p> First, lawmakers must clear this bill. The House voted Thursday by unanimous consent to take up the NDAA conference report at any time and to vote on it after an hour of debate.
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Georgia’s Scott to make history in taking Agriculture gavel
Stabenow, D-Mich., will be the only remaining member of the “Big Four” leaders — the two chairmen and two ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture committees — who negotiated the 2018 farm bill
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Rosa DeLauro wins Appropriations gavel
</p> She touted achievements such as consistently reaching bipartisan agreement on the Labor-HHS-Education spending bill, showcasing her ability to keep government functioning on a particularly challenging
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McCarthy sets McConnell offer as COVID-19 relief baseline
The top House Republican said Thursday that his conference is eager to get a COVID-19 relief bill done, but he held firm that an approximately $500 billion measure introduced by Senate Majority Leader
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Hoyer sets Saturday deadline for omnibus spending deal
</p> Schatz said he would oppose another stopgap bill at this point. “I think deadlines are good and I think we should stick to the 11th,” he said.
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Jason Smith plans focus on ‘security’ issues in new Budget panel role
</p> “We will win the majority in two years,” he told CQ Roll Call after his election as ranking member Thursday.
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No cheers or jeers at the mostly virtual House office lottery
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> There’s a computer system that members-elect and staff can peruse, which includes some key details about the office suites, including if the office is eligible for new carpet
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Lawmakers line up showdown with Trump over Confederate base names
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Veto threats Trump had threatened to veto the bill if it required name changes at military installations that honor Confederates, such as Fort Benning in Georgia, where two
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Rogers likely to become top Armed Services Republican
</p> The Armed Services Committee is central in the showdown now playing out to approve a final version of that Pentagon policy bill before Congress adjourns for the remainder of the year.
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As recovery bills languish, transit systems cut service
</p> Whether that proposal advances — and early indications from the White House and from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who released his own targeted bill late Tuesday, are that it will not
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House releases 2021 legislative calendar
</p> In announcing the calendar, House Majority Leader Steny H.
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Signs of life for coronavirus relief as bipartisan plan wins key backing
Shelby thinks another short-term stopgap funding bill is likely given lingering disagreements on an omnibus package wrapping together $1.4 trillion in unfinished agency budgets for the fiscal year that
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Lamar! bids farewell, says Senate not voting on big issues is a ‘waste of talent’
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> “We first met in 1969, when I was working for a freshman senator named Marlow Cook and he worked down in the executive branch.