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</p> Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, were drawn to the Capitol windows to take photos of the storm in between the the vote series.
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</p> Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, were drawn to the Capitol windows to take photos of the storm in between the the vote series.
</p> The bill passed 69-30, a margin that demonstrated its popularity in the evenly divided chamber. All 50 Democrats voted for final passage, as did 19 Republicans.
</p> Malinowski helped push through the House bill, which later became the legislative vehicle for the Senate bill, in July, and he’s disappointed that many of the policy provisions from that bill aren
</p> [Democrats unveil blueprint for $3.5T budget reconciliation bill]</p> Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said that if senators remained on the floor and voted from their desks, and were able
</p> After their disappointment that the bipartisan infrastructure bill nearing a vote in the Senate did not include as much funding for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as the White House requested
well as young people who have maintained status as dependents — in any upcoming reconciliation bill,” the lawmakers wrote in their Monday letter, led by Rep.
The House bill, backed by Science Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, includes money to help NSF research science and technology education programs at the pre-kindergarten through 8th
</p> Cuomo promised a “seamless” transition Tuesday in his surprise announcement, which takes effect in two weeks.</p> “Kathy Hochul, my lieutenant governor, is smart and competent,” Cuomo said.
</p> Doing so would have required their own party to bear the entire burden of voting for the big tax-and-spend bill, as well as the blame for lifting the national borrowing cap, even though Republicans
</p> Portman took issue Monday with Democrats talking in the same breath about the infrastructure bill and the coming budget resolution, saying the latter represents a “tax and spending extravaganza.”
</p> But Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., then sought consent for his own unrelated amendment, which would add $50 billion in defense spending to the infrastructure bill.
The House passed the bill in May, so now it awaits President Joe Biden’s signature.
The Senate then voted 68-29 on cloture on the bill.</p> As the Senate heads toward a passage vote, one Republican signed onto the bill while another fell away.</p> Sen.
</p> Hagerty first expressed his opposition when the Senate had hoped to pass the bill under an expedited process Thursday, saying in a written statement he opposed the bill because of a Congressional
finance bill, falling short of a 60-vote threshold.
</p> Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.
</p> “It’s just the way this place works,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, one of the lead negotiators on the bill.
</p> The House has passed one sweeping bill — dubbed HR 1, or the For the People Act — that sets standards for voting and overhauls campaign finance and ethics law.
</p> [Wyden, Toomey team up on cryptocurrency tax fixes]</p> Later on Thursday, Senate Finance ranking member Michael D.
</p> Senators had hoped to finish work on the bipartisan bill as early as Thursday night, with Senate leadership trying to push through 16 amendments and then pass the bill before senators leave Friday