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</p> While talks continue, the California Democrat said it would take time to get a comprehensive bill written and reviewed by budget scorekeepers and legal counsel before a floor vote could be scheduled
</p> But GOP Sens.
</p> Proposed concessions to the Senate include the remote worker fix, which was included in Grassley’s COVID-19 bill modeled on bipartisan legislation introduced by Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D
As if to prove the point, McConnell brought to the floor Wednesday a GOP-written bill that would provide only a fraction of the relief sought by Democrats and President Donald Trump.
</p> The 20 Democrats, led by Massachusetts Sen.
</p> Timmer’s story is an echo of Scholten’s own.
</p> The bill would ban oil and gas leasing throughout the Outer Continental Shelf, set a national goal of protecting 30 percent of the ocean by 2030, increase funding for NOAA to study offshore wind–energy
</p> “If a presidentially supported bill clears the House, at some point we’ll bring it to the floor,” McConnell said at his weekly news conference.
</p> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Speaker continues to hope that, by the end of the day Tuesday, we will have clarity on whether we will be able to pass a bill before the election.
</p> Murkowski submitted language in the fiscal 2020 Interior-Environment spending bill that directed the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a more rigorous environmental assessment of the project’s risks
</p> Graham said he’s specifically concerned about language in House Democrats’ bill that would allow voters to submit absentee ballots in a number of ways as well as provisions that would allow direct
</p> Pelosi has pushed for $75 billion in new money for testing.
</p> The decision to push another “skinny” relief bill marked a new attempt to jump-start negotiations that have been stalled for months over the size and shape of the next round of economic aid for the
</p> Thirty-three tax breaks got a two-year extension, retroactive to the start of 2019, in a spending bill enacted last December.
Bill Johnson of Ohio is officially in the running to succeed Steve Womack of Arkansas as the top Republican on the House Budget Committee in the 117th Congress.
We should be passing coronavirus relief, like the House just did, which was a significant bill that would have been a big help.”</p> Lee and Tillis questioned Barrett in person Tuesday.
</p> Here’s the day on the Hill in photos:</p> Barrett arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Building in Washington on Monday.
She’s been pushing provisions from Democrats’ $2.2 trillion bill the House passed Oct. 1.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Given the politics surrounding Barrett’s nomination, which would give conservatives a 6-3 majority on the court, Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., acknowledged the battle will
</p> Delaware Sen.