Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers seek to permanently end transgender military ban
</p> ‘Shameful and bigoted’ The most likely vehicle for such a measure is the upcoming defense authorization bill, or NDAA, covering fiscal 2022.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Minimum wage boost likely headed for budget reconciliation bill
</p> [Restaurant owners feel burnt by minimum wage push, lack of direct COVID-19 relief]</p> Whether a boost in the minimum wage would meet that criteria remains an open question, but Yarmuth expressed
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Yellen confirmed as first female Treasury secretary
</p> Republicans agreed to the quick vote despite reservations about Yellen’s policy stances.</p> Sen. Michael D.
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Feeling the pandemic’s burdens, mothers are looking to Congress
</p> But the ashes from those burning bras have long disintegrated.
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Menendez: Passing immigration bill has ‘herculean’ challenges
</p> Menendez, who did not say when he plans to officially introduce the bill, told CQ Roll Call that he will reach out to Sen.
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Top budget expert makes case for minimum wage in reconciliation
</p> Bill Dauster, who served as deputy chief of staff for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wrote in a guest op-ed for CQ Roll Call published Friday that there’s enough budgetary impact
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Impeachment trial could knock Biden virus aid plan off course
The impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump appears likely to interfere with Democratic plans to quickly get a COVID-19 relief bill to President Joe Biden’s desk.
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Impeachment trial arguments to begin week of Feb. 8
</p> [Democrats called for witnesses in first Trump impeachment trial, but not this time]</p> The agreement came just a few hours after President Joe Biden weighed in, agreeing with Senate Minority Leader
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Democrats eye union pension rescue as part of coronavirus aid
strategy of trying to hitch a ride on Biden’s bill, the aide said.
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Democrats planning budget blitz to pass Biden agenda
</p> “His clear preference is to move forward with a bipartisan bill. There’s no question about it,” Biden spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said Wednesday.
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Trump pardons former congressman whose actions helped prompt earmark ban
</p> A federal appeals court, when it upheld Renzi’s conviction in 2014, wrote: “Congressmen may write the law, but they are not above the law.”</p> Trump also pardoned former Rep.
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Warren makes no exceptions for Massachusetts-based defense giant
</p> Sen.
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Inauguration like no other: What health and security concerns have changed
</p> A massive multilayer perimeter that includes tall metal fencing, razor wire and checkpoints with armed National Guard members has been established around the Capitol.</p> Sen.
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‘Byrd rule’ shadow could fall on Biden coronavirus relief plan
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The law is inconclusive on the possibility of including such discretionary funds in a reconciliation bill, and some experts say there’s no specific prohibition on doing so;
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‘All hell broke loose’: January so far a roller coaster for D.C. statehood
Maybe now they could make inroads in the chamber, which had refused to take up a House-passed statehood bill last year.</p> “And then all hell broke loose,” he says.
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Yellen could win swift confirmation as first female Treasury secretary
</p> Yellen’s hearing came four years to the day after outgoing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation hearing and was noticeably less rancorous.</p> “Dr.
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Senators will judge Trump as victims of mob’s attack
</p> “That actually makes them the most qualified, I think, to determine whether or not he should be removed and disqualified” from holding office again, Chafetz said.</p> Frank O.
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Perks for former presidents: Congress tried to curb them before Trump
</p> A reform bill has been bouncing around the Hill for years now, with the aim of capping annual expenses for each past president and reducing them dollar for dollar if he earns more than $400,000.
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Lawmakers want Capitol attackers added to U.S. no-fly list
</p> Both Senate Minority Leader Charles E.