Policy · 114th Congress
Congressman Takes Aim at Ethics Agency
It was among a flurry of changes lawmakers attempted to attach to a typically overlooked appropriations bill that controls the House’s spending on the House.
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Policy · 114th Congress
Cotton: Pardons, Not Wholesale Change, Can Fix Unfair Sentences
</p> “I simply dispute the premise” of the bipartisan bill, Cotton said.
Policy · 114th Congress
No Vote on Transgender Bathrooms on Capitol Hill
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions told reporters that there’s unlikely to be a vote on an amendment to the Legislative Branch appropriations bill to prevent transgender bathrooms on Capitol
Policy · 114th Congress
Senate Votes to Go to Conference on Zika Spending
We’re ready now to go to conference and complete a final bill.”
Policy · 114th Congress
Senate Adopts Amendment Urging DOD to Secure Nuclear Missiles
</p> In the meantime, the Pentagon must get aircraft to the missile fields promptly to address the potential risks, the spending bill says.
Policy · 114th Congress
No Transgender Bathrooms on Hill, Proposal Says
</p> [House Rejects Spending Bill After Gay Rights Measure Added] The contentious amendments come as the chamber is still reeling from the unusual and unexpected defeat of an appropriations bill covering
Policy · 114th Congress
‘ROBOCOP’ Bill Gains Senate Support
</p> He plans to introduce a bill called the Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phone (ROBOCOP) Act, which also would require telephone companies to label and block fraudulent phone calls
Policy · 114th Congress
Ayotte Pushes Opioid Penalties on Defense Bill
</p> [ Family’s Tragedy Drives Opioid Bill ] </p> But some advocates of reducing mandatory minimum sentences are crying foul.
Policy · 114th Congress
How Senators Quietly Voted to Keep Bomber Costs Secret
</p> The 19-7 vote in favor of secrecy at the markup of the defense authorization bill was a sharp rebuke to Armed Services Chairman John McCain .
Policy · 114th Congress
Puerto Rico Zika Outbreak Highlights Island’s Medicaid Woes
</p> [ House Democrats Likely to Support ‘Flawed’ Puerto Rico Bill ] </p> Federal funding for Medicaid in Puerto Rico, unlike the rest of the United States, is capped.
Policy · 114th Congress
Where Things Stand as Congress Leaves Town
</p> But the bill still faces opposition from some Democrats, with Illinois Rep.
Policy · 114th Congress
House Rejects Spending Bill After Gay Rights Measure Added
</p> The rejection of an appropriations bill is a rare occurrence, with House leadership typically choosing to withdraw a measure from consideration before it is voted down.
Policy · 114th Congress
House Passes Bill Stripping DC of Budget Control
House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that strips the District of Columbia of any autonomy over how it spends its own money.
Policy · 114th Congress
Defense Bill Could Undermine Labor Protections
The Senate’s defense policy bill would undermine a presidential executive order that requires federal contractors to disclose any labor law violations, a provision that prompted federal contract workers
Policy · 114th Congress
Veterans Tackle a New Battlefield: Congress
While Salahuddin worked behind the scenes with staff to secure the support of four additional senators – including presidential contender Bernie Sanders – and a companion bill in the House, he credits
Policy · 114th Congress
House GOP Conservatives, Moderates Seek Consensus on Budget
Chairman Bill Flores of Texas.
Policy · 114th Congress
House Democrats Likely to Support ‘Flawed’ Puerto Rico Bill, Hoyer Says
</p> “There needs to be a way,” he said. “This bill gives a way to get to restructuring.”
Policy · 114th Congress
Ken Starr, Once Bill Clinton’s Nemesis, Argues for Redemption
</p> Ken Starr, a major force behind the push to impeach President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, now says the 42nd president’s legacy is due for a reappraisal — and, in hindsight, it wasn’t so bad.
Policy · 114th Congress
Democrats: Supreme Court Vacancy Hurts Small Business
</p> <p class="p1">[ Split Court ‘Handcuffs’ Law Enforcement, Democrats Say ]</p> The National Federation of Independent Business pushed back, saying the appointment President Barack Obama’s Supreme