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</p> “The conversation is often whether the infrastructure proposal” would match the Democrats’ bill or differ from it, and whether the House bill could be folded into the broader infrastructure package
</p> [Lawmakers happily embrace return of earmarks to highway bill]</p> Second-term Texas Rep. Colin Allred, who defeated longtime GOP Rep.
Carper of Delaware, the EPW chairman, announced they had reached a deal on a five-year, $303.5 billion highway bill to be marked up Wednesday.
</p> Melissa Galeano, an aide to Salazar, added that the bill offers “a loud message to ICE that we will not stand by as they use abusive tactics.”
Karen Bass of California, the lead House negotiator on the police overhaul bill that bears Floyd’s name.</p> She has been engaged in talks for weeks with Sens.
</p> Democrats were staying positive when asked if they believed the bill could somehow get the votes it needs. </p> “Always hold out hope,” Cardin said in an interview before his speech.
The budget bill cleared the Legislature on May 20, and enrollment will begin June 1.</p> But advocacy efforts in other states are facing obstacles.
$5 million barrage of ads attacking their health care plans as “socialist,” Democrats are hitting back with a “five-figure” digital campaign thanking members in battleground districts for supporting a bill
</p> Reducing the stigma can only do so much if people can’t find a psychiatrist or social worker.</p> “I want us to hurry up and get there,” she says.
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden followed through on a major campaign promise to the abortion lobby — and broke with decadeslong bipartisan consensus — by signing a massive stimulus bill without
</p> [Kids emerge as bipartisan bridge to take on social media giants]</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> “As children spend drastically more time online, the tech platforms really have become a perilous minefield
</p> And that worries environmental groups, who say the bill doesn’t push hard enough to embrace the sweeping, transformative measures Biden has called for to combat climate change.
</p> The measure, released Saturday, is the highway title of a broader surface transportation reauthorization bill.
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> On May 23, Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed issued a statement saying he plans to include in the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill a provision moving to independent
</p> Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal and several like-minded representatives wrote to party leaders on May 20 to insist that any policing bill remove police officers’ immunity from
</p> Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard C.
</p> The Guard’s departure follows a House vote last week to pass a $1.9 billion spending bill that Democrats hoped would pay for bills incurred since the insurrection, the Capitol’s police force and
</p> Highway bill Even as Senate Republicans work to make a deal with the White House, Capito is working with Environment and Public Works Chairman Thomas R.
</p> CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists bring you the best images of the week:</p> A U.S. Park Police officer on horseback crosses 7th Street Northwest near the National Mall in Washington on Monday.
Steve Cohen whipped out a “you can’t handle the truth” meme in response to Republican opposition to the House’s bipartisan Jan. 6 commission bill that faces an uncertain future in the Senate.