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Schumer says he will force a procedural vote on later this month, even though an evenly divided committee deadlocked on the bill in May. The president also referenced a bill named for the late Rep.
and Infrastructure Committee set to mark up its highway bill June 9.
She worked on the senator’s signature bill to improve drought resiliency and water management in the Yakima River Basin in Washington state.
</p> “We think that group is fairly small, and we want to keep it that way,” Mellman said.</p> The trend is against him.
</p> In a letter to the Democratic caucus, Schumer said he’d bring the Democratic effort to reshape elections to the floor in June, the first time he’s set a solid timeline for the bill.
</p> On Friday morning, Schumer said he expected the bill to pass by the end of the day.
</p> National Guard troops make their way to buses outside the D.C. Armory on Monday after ending their mission protecting the Capitol in Washington.
While the Senate couldn’t pass a Jan. 6 commission bill, Majority Leader Charles E.
</p> CQ Roll Call’s Dean DeChiaro speaks with Rep.
</p> But on Thursday, the South Carolina Republican said he thinks the Jan. 6 bill is not a viable option: “I don’t think it will ever work.
the authorizing and tax committees to write the reconciliation bill.
</p> This power seeps into the legislating process.
</p> “We’re going to be facing pressures, certainly from many members of our caucus, to shave the defense number,” he said.
</p> The proposal’s prospects appear strong, but timing remains murky. Schumer, D-N.Y., who sponsored the underlying bill with GOP Sen.
“federal procurement commitments” over the next decade to buy domestically made “clean, renewable, and emission-free energy products” for federal, state and local use, according to a summary of the bill
</p> The Senate bill was introduced May 20 by Tina Smith, D-Minn., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash. A companion bill was introduced the same day in the House by Rep.
</p> Biden told reporters he spoke briefly with Sen.
</p> Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been sounding the alarm for weeks.
On Capitol Hill, talks continue on a bill to overhaul policing, and the issue is still playing out on the campaign trail.
</p> But his thinking has shifted since Jan. 6.</p> “Now you’re thinking: There’s a suspicious package.