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Theological squabble distracts from Tax Day messaging
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</p> A bill sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in the Senate and Rep.
</p> Like 2018, the bar is higher in the Senate, where Democrats need a net gain of four seats.
</p> But both Democrats in the Senate race — state Rep. Josh Turek and state Sen. Zach Wahls — believe things are changing.</p> “We are not a red state,’’ Turek said in an interview.
The ball is currently in the House’s court after the Senate passed the most recent version of the fiscal 2026 funding bill on April 2.
</p> A bill from Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., has more than 80 co-sponsors, but has not advanced out of the House Judiciary Committee. A similar measure from Sen.
</p> Prediction markets have undergone rapid recent growth.
</p> A tentative schedule last month called for a subcommittee markup of the Defense bill on May 15, followed by a full-committee markup on May 19.
But the administration is counting on Republicans to provide most of that increase, or $350 billion, through a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill, outside of the normal appropriations process.
</p> Trump set a June 1 deadline for Congress to pass a reconciliation bill funding the immigration agencies, a tight timeline for a cumbersome process that dragged on for roughly five months last year
</p> He also pushed allies in Congress to limit mail-in ballots in most circumstances through provisions of his proposed SAVE America Act voter identification bill.
</p> Amodei, first elected to Congress in 2011, oversees what has been the most difficult appropriations bill this funding cycle.
</p> But Republicans on Capitol Hill also support some changes to the program.
</p> Lawmakers, in passing the bill, hoped to shed light on Epstein’s network and any figures connected to the sexual exploitation of girls.
</p> With the shutdown stretching into its seventh week and pressure growing to pay DHS workers, Trump rallied behind a Senate plan that envisioned passing a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill to provide
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed out that the administration asked the court to only have the ruling apply going forward, but the government’s reasoning in the case could be used
</p> “I’m quite convinced that it can’t be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill,” Johnson said.
</p> Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna vowed to put pressure on leadership, filing a discharge petition to try to bring the bill to the floor.
</p> In the House, Arrington said, “we have a lot” of Republicans who want the cost of a reconciliation bill to be offset.
</p> This is the second time the case has reached the justices.