Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
</p> The House bill would establish a royalty on active and future mines of 4 percent and 8 percent of their income, respectively, exempting companies with less than $100,000 in annual revenue.
</p> The effort comes on the heels of a new law Congress passed as part of the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill that requires operators of critical infrastructure to report any cyberattacks they suffer
</p> The president will visit the POET bioprocessing plant near Menlo, Iowa.
</p> Tulips bloom on the East Front of the Capitol on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) During the Senate Judiciary Committee’s markup to vote on Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination on Monday, Sen.
</p> A bill from Virginia Rep. Don Beyer would implement a proportional representation system not unlike Ireland’s. So far, it has seven co-sponsors, all Democrats.
</p> And it’s not immediately clear why.
</p> Velázquez stressed the House bill would be paid for by recovering fraudulent pandemic-era spending.
</p> Senators passed the trade status revocation bill (HR 7108), as amended, with a 100-0 vote. They then voted 100-0 to approve the oil embargo bill (HR 6968), as amended.
of Assembly Bill 979.
</p> “That got panned in the hearing by everybody.
</p> But senators want to see more done, sooner.
</p> The symbolism speaks for itself and points to a larger problem.
The House bill got 12 Republican votes.
</p> “I don’t see a pathway,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ranking member Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., who helped negotiate the bill, said Wednesday.
So, in reality, it’s just a phantom offset that leaves the bill partially unpaid for, budget experts say.
</p> “OK,” Blackman said, joining with the cheering crowd. “That’s excellent.”
</p> The House’s top Republican appropriator, Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, said she expects the bill will get some GOP votes.
</p> Without a deal on amendments Republicans want to offer, the Senate on Tuesday rejected a procedural motion needed to begin debate on the bill, which would provide $10 billion for the Department of
</p> A red fox walks outside the north side of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The fox sightings began earlier this week. At about 3 p.m.
</p> Still, it’s happened twice since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.