Politics · 115th Congress
After High Hopes in Senate, a Pit Stop for Spending Package
</p> The Kentucky Republican filed motions on both the underlying bill for the appropriations package and Sen. Richard C. Shelby’s substitute amendment.
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</p> The Kentucky Republican filed motions on both the underlying bill for the appropriations package and Sen. Richard C. Shelby’s substitute amendment.
In 2013, conservatives in the House GOP caucus opposed the bill after leadership brought the Senate version to the floor without committee consideration in the House.
</p> Overall, Wednesday’s bill — which would provide $51.4 billion in discretionary funding to DHS, a nearly 8 percent increase over the $47.7 billion provided to the department in the fiscal 2018 omnibus
His amendment would provide the $250 million as part of the four-bill fiscal 2019 spending package that is expected to get a floor vote next week.
Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Jody Hice of Georgia, Matt Gaetz and Bill Posey of Florida, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee and Louie Gohmert
</p> Rep. Doug LaMalfa pushed back.
</p> No, it’s not that they won’t have enough campaign cash — quite the opposite.</p> They may have too much of a certain kind.
</p> White House deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine and press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also banned a CNN reporter from that event after she asked Trump several pointed questions
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</p> House Republicans plan to spend their August recess working on getting the votes to pass the bill, the Wisconsin Republican said on “Fox & Friends.“ </p> The guest worker measure is also expected
</p> It may seem obvious that the Defense Department wouldn’t arm its enemies, but that didn’t stop lawmakers from including a provision in the final fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill that forbids
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in the Senate’s Defense spending bill banning Turkey from acquiring F-35s if Ankara also purchases the Russian missile defense system.
</p> The retirement of John J. Duncan Jr.
</p> Capito said her bill could end up getting folded into a package in the Senate — possibly with the State-Foreign Operations and Commerce-Justice-Science spending bills.
</p> Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady told reporters last month that the bill would be on the floor sometime in July, but on Monday he suggested they were looking at refining it more.
</p> Now they’re doubling down on the tax cut message as they prepare a three-bill package they’re calling “Tax Reform 2.0.”
</p> Gardner, who has been calling for the Senate to consider his bill (S 2780) that would require a determination about designating Russia as a state sponsor of terror, is also a co-sponsor of legislation
</p> Scott announced the latest part of his agenda during a stop Monday in Miami-Dade County.</p> Though it is not clear how many extra Fridays the Senate would actually be in session and voting.