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</p> To attract Republicans, debt limit legislation would likely need to be attached to some other “must pass” bill coming due by this fall, such as stopgap funding to avert a partial government shutdown
</p> House appropriators are wrapping up subcommittee markups of fiscal 2022 spending bills today, with four markups scheduled:</p> Labor-HHS-Education (11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn): The draft bill includes
</p> After the meeting in Schumer’s office Monday night, Sanders declined to offer a specific figure but said there was “widespread agreement” to work toward “a multitrillion-dollar bill” that would be
</p> The Republican proposal would provide $37.5 million for Capitol Police salaries, a number also in line with the House bill.
, which has set subcommittee markups later in July and a markup on the full bill after the August recess.
</p> On June 29, the House passed a bill that would expedite the process by postponing a required medical exam for applicants.
</p> And a 2005 bill passed in the Senate through reconciliation would have “recaptured” unused visas from prior years and raised visa fees, though some of those provisions were ultimately stripped from
Leahy warned the Capitol Police that funding could run dry by August if lawmakers don’t approve a supplemental spending bill before then.
</p> Disputes over spending, policy The Labor-HHS-Education bill won’t come up until after the July Fourth recess.
</p> And Republicans, of course, have red lines of their own, as House Minority Whip Steve Scalise spelled out at his press briefing on June 29: “We’re not going to support any bill that raises taxes,
</p> The overall House bill addresses two Biden priorities: climate change and racial equity.
</p> Voting along party lines, the House Appropriations Committee voted 32-25 to advance, as amended, the fiscal 2022 State-Foreign Operations spending bill, which would increase funding for diplomacy
</p> But some of the Republican lawmakers who attached earmarks for their constituencies to the bill are nevertheless unlikely to vote for the legislation.</p> Rep.
But more limited SALT relief is seen as satisfying enough lawmakers to avoid sinking the broader bill.</p> New Jersey Rep.
</p> But Justice Samuel A.
</p> Earlier in the week, Katko said the select committee would be the “exact opposite” of the commission bill he crafted and vowed not to support it. “It’s going to be completely politicized.
</p> Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., in September 2003 with, from left, OMB Director Joshua Bolton, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Rumsfeld, and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.
</p> “This is a good bill,” said Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who chairs the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.