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</p> Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said in floor remarks ahead of Tuesday’s vote that it would set up work to wrap on the bill “before the end of the week.”
</p> In fact, nine Republican senators signed onto the bill, which would be just one vote short of a filibuster-proof majority, assuming that all the Democrats go along.
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a federal data privacy bill last week, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee were looking to plug a gap in law that allows government agencies to
</p> “Sorry Mike!”
</p> “I think we win 13 to 3. You can take that to the bank,” said Randy Feenstra, an Iowa Republican.</p> It will be the last year on the field for several members.
</p> The House Republican majority in 2016 moved a child nutrition bill through the committee, then known as the Education and the Workforce Committee, that would have raised the threshold for community
</p> Oh, and a “Tiger King” bill — because why not? — that would generally prohibit private individuals from owning big cats, like lions and tigers.
They also argue it could have a tangible impact on international gun violence rates even as prospects for a gun control bill at home remain dim.
</p> Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wears a message reading “My State is Banning Exceptions — Protect Contraception” before the House passed a bill Thursday to protect access to contraceptives.
The committee approved the bill in June, but the legislative text and the report weren’t made public until Monday evening.
</p> The bill passed 228-195, with eight Republicans joining 220 Democrats. Two Republicans voted present.
</p> [‘Chips-plus’ bill passage could slip to next week in Senate]</p> A time agreement on the chips bill was not reached before the Senate adjourned Thursday, so the Senate is scheduled to vote to invoke
</p> The House bill would ban the sale or possession of high-capacity magazines and assault-style weapons both by name — such as the AK-47 — and features such as a pistol grip.
</p> If Democrats successfully advance the slimmed-down bill, it will represent barely a tenth of Biden’s original economic vision when combined with $550 billion in new infrastructure spending Congress
</p> House GOP members attempted to use the six-bill fiscal 2023 spending package (HR 8294) to derail the SEC’s proposed climate risk disclosure rule through amendments in the Financial Services bill
</p> The first bill this week, an effort to codify legal recognition for interracial and same-sex marriages nationwide, passed the House overwhelmingly on Tuesday.
</p> Debate over Democrats’ sweeping, but stalled, reconciliation bill fueled the work, along with government spending measures and bipartisan deals on legislation aimed at spurring innovation, lobbyists
</p> Moving even farther west, the race in Alaska is also getting more interesting. </p> While the special election to replace the late GOP Rep.
</p> A lead Republican proponent of the chips bill, Indiana Sen. Todd Young, also said he’s expecting the Senate to pass the package next week.</p> Majority Leader Charles E.