Congress · 115th Congress
Obscure Pentagon Fund Nets $2B, Sets Pork Senses Tingling
The House Appropriations Committee added the $250 million, and the House-Senate conference writing the final bill went along.
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Politics · 115th Congress
Public-Facing Congressional Research Reports Site Launches to Criticism
</p> Under the fiscal 2018 omnibus spending bill, the Congressional Research Service had to publish all nonconfidential reports on a public website operated by the Library of Congress.
Policy · 115th Congress
Extra Hurricane Relief Cash Could Wait Until After Elections
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has more than enough money to assist states hit by Hurricane Florence and likely won’t need Congress to pass an emergency disaster aid bill in the coming weeks,
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Exchange Programs Aren’t Just for High Schoolers. Congressmen Do It Too
</p> The Bipartisan Policy Center footed the bill for the visiting member but not for the one residing in the district, per House ethics rules.
Policy · 115th Congress
Members Find Billions Beneath Pentagon Couch Cushions
</p> Cryptic explanations One of the biggest movements of money in this year’s final Defense bill came as a result of the Pentagon massively overestimating, for the second fiscal year in a row, how much
Politics · 115th Congress
Pelosi: Short-Term VAWA Extension ‘Abdication of Our Responsibilities to Women’
</p> “Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA reauthorization in the must-pass ominibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country,”
Politics · 115th Congress
Chuck Schumer Navigates the Resistance
Consider the farm bill, another must-pass bill that in the recent past has been hobbled by partisan sniping.
Politics · 115th Congress
Road Ahead: All Eyes on Brett Kavanaugh and the Senate Judiciary Committee
</p> The other legislation on Monday’s floor agenda comes from Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Politics · 115th Congress
Former House Counsels Cast Doubt on GOP Subpoena in Justice Bias Probe
</p> Meadows, Rep.
Policy · 115th Congress
Congress Again Blocks F-35 Transfers to Turkey
</p> A provision in the fiscal 2019 Defense spending bill would withhold any funds from being used to deliver the jets to Turkey until the secretaries of State and Defense send Congress a comprehensive
Politics · 115th Congress
A Hurricane, a Kavanaugh Vote and a Spending Package: Photos of the Week
</p> Here’s the entire week in photos:</p>A little girl and a man look through the windows of the Capitol Dome miniature model in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday afternoon.
Politics · 115th Congress
Cramer Counters Health Care Attacks With New Ad
</p> Cramer’s latest ad says he voted for “guaranteed coverage” for people with pre-existing conditions and cites his vote for the GOP bill known as the American Health Care Act, which would have repealed
Politics · 115th Congress
Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz Make Plans for 3 Debates
</p>O’Rourke is trying to become the first Democrat to win a Senate election in Texas since 1988.
Politics · 115th Congress
Manafort Memos Reveal Influence Campaign
</p> Manafort saw opportunities to stop the resolution because of the way Durbin was pushing the bill quickly through the Senate, writing that a few senators could block the resolution and put it off
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Politicians Worry About Millennials, but They’re Already Running the Hill
He started as an intern in Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s office and rose to be Fischer’s chief in just nine years. Listening was his secret weapon.
Politics · 115th Congress
All Eyes in Congress on the Hurricane, and Beto and Willie
</p> So the Senate made sure to confirm the new IRS commissioner and approve a conference report on a three-bill spending package within a couple of hours and cut everyone loose Wednesday evening.
Politics · 115th Congress
Irony Alert: Trump Shares PSA Warning Against Spreading ‘False Information’
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Politics · 115th Congress
Pelosi, Dems Slam Trump Over Hurricane Response
</p> Pelosi on Trump’s Puerto Rico Comments: “Think About That, Pray Over That”</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Pelosi led a congressional delegation trip to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in late July
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Tweet Jeopardizes Bipartisan Puerto Rico Bill
President Donald Trump’s comments defending his administration’s response to the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico last year may have stymied chances for a bipartisan bill to reduce politicization and patronage