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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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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.
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Repeal of abortion funding ban won’t be part of spending debate, sponsor says
</p> That was the view Monday night of Rep.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Hyde amendment, other abortion riders in the spending limelight
on an appropriations bill.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A nice chunk of change: Commemorative coins benefit all involved
</p> In March, when he introduced the bill, Maloney called it one of his top legislative priorities this Congress.
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Lawmakers put funding ban on human embryo gene editing research in Ag. bill
lines to favorably report the bill.
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Sen. Blumenthal resumes crusade against sports blackouts
</p> The latest bill would require the elimination of an NFL policy that provides for blackouts of home games in the local markets of teams when their stadiums are not filled.
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HR 1 provides freshman House Democrats a McConnell 101 lesson
The companion bill in the Senate, S 949, was introduced by New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall in March but no action has been taken since. </p> “He won’t even take a meeting with us,” Rep.
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Tester pushes Fed nominee on hemp regulation
</p> When Montana Democratic Sen.
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Bipartisan Senate group seeks to block Saudi arms sales as Trump administration tries to avoid congressional review
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