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</p> [McConnell introduces bill making the legal smoking age 21]</p> But it will be hard to have that debate without bringing up the broader issue of flavored e-cigarettes.
</p> [Podcast: What we know so far about the budget, debt limit deal]</p> The 26-page bill expected to get a House vote Thursday would increase discretionary spending limits by nearly $324 billion over
</p> The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the bill by voice vote for floor consideration, but it’s not clear if it will get there.
</p> [Climate change protesters glue themselves together in tunnel to Capitol]</p> Democrats will hold a series of hearings and private meetings on climate before unveiling a bill, which they expect to
</p> But Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn said the bill was “moving in the right direction.”</p> Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy offered a more full-throated endorsement.
</p> By the lopsided vote of 97-2, the Senate agreed to a House-passed bill that would effectively make permanent a special compensation fund for first responders and other victims of the 2001 attacks,
The measure was included in both versions of the defense authorization bill, which awaits a conference committee.
</p> But he didn’t say the words “I will sign the bill,” which has spawned some nervousness, particularly given the reaction of conservatives on and off Capitol Hill. Texas Republican Sen.
</p> The bill is expected to be formally unveiled Tuesday, and an advance copy was reviewed by CQ Roll Call.
</p> The U.S.
</p> [2020 census affects more than representation, billions at stake]</p> Democratic Sen.
</p> “The Ways and Means bill essentially leaves it up to the drug companies what they would disclose,” Schakowsky told CQ Roll Call after Energy and Commerce advanced her bill Wednesday.
</p> Another bill coming to the House floor is the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, also known as the Butch Lewis Act.
RollCall</p> Congress is racing to complete work on some big-ticket items before adjourning for the August recess.
</p> The 26-page draft bill, expected to get a House vote Thursday, calls for raising limits on discretionary spending by $321 billion over two years, compared to the strict caps imposed under a 2011 deficit
</p> [Ethics Committee announces working group]</p>Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., is a member of the working group.
Senate</p> Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. — acting White House chief of staff; also Office of Management and Budget director</p> Bill Nelson, D-Fla. — NASA Advisory Council</p> Kristi Noem, R-S.D. — South Dakota
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)Been there, done that South Carolina Republican Mark Sanford is familiar with being a former congressman.
</p> Rep. Frederica Wilson, who introduced the bill, is the lawmaker listed in court records as “United States Congressperson #1” and was the target of the threat, The Daily Beast reported.