Policy · 115th Congress
For Stripped-Down Criminal Justice Bill, Less Could Be More
</p> It’s a “compromise of a compromise,” as California Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris put it when announcing her support for the bill Monday.
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Policy · 115th Congress
Congress Headed Down Road to Shutdown Nowhere, Top Senate GOP Appropriator Says
(just after the beginning of the next Congress), passing a stopgap spending bill until late January, or February, or possibly May.
Policy · 115th Congress
Google Would ‘Make the NSA Blush,’ Says Republican at Hill Grilling
</p> Democrats — led by New York Rep.
Policy · 115th Congress
Care With a Side of Comfort Promises Big Savings in Health Costs
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)A comprehensive experiment The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has supported some efforts to address social determinants in the past but indicated recently
Policy · 115th Congress
Democrats Go Into 2019 With Ethics Blazing
Instead of starting from scratch, the bill will draw from numerous existing proposals — including some that have languished for years during GOP control.
Policy · 115th Congress
On Health Care, Dems Go From Running to Baby Steps
stand a better chance of enactment than any major bill.
Policy · 115th Congress
Farm Bill Negotiators Aim to Hash Things Out in Veterans Day Meeting
</p> A farm bill with those provisions could not pass the Senate in the lame duck because of Democratic opposition and a Democratic House in the 116th Congress would keep them out of a farm bill.
Policy · 115th Congress
New York Democrat, Republican Call for Hearings on Holocaust Education Bill
</p> Maloney and Donovan wrote a letter to Chairwoman Virginia Foxx and ranking member Bobby Scott Wednesday asking them to help move the bill, which was introduced in April, forward in the House.
Policy · 115th Congress
Health Industry Reports Lobbying Costs the Size of a Grapefruit — Drugmakers Lead
</p> An $855 billion spending bill for defense, labor, education and health, which was also the vehicle for stopgap spending for most of the government, was debated during August and September.
Policy · 115th Congress
Nuclear Plants Go Belly Up in Democratic Districts. Then What?
</p> [Hurricanes Stir Up Toxic Legacy of Coal-Fired Power Plants]</p> The nuclear industry has plenty of experience decommissioning its plants.
Policy · 115th Congress
Hurricanes Stir Up Toxic Legacy of Coal-Fired Power Plants
</p> [Failures of Congress Keep Nuclear Waste Scattered Across the US]</p> Operators tend to take that coal ash and dispose of it in specialized landfills near their sites.
Policy · 115th Congress
Failures of Congress Keep Nuclear Waste Scattered Across the US
</p> The bill is unlikely to become law this Congress, but one of its provisions — directing the Energy Department with other agencies to study the public and private financial resources available to communities
Policy · 115th Congress
Democratic Unity on Budget Faces Tests in New Congress
At the top of that list is the growth rate of mandatory programs and the reduced revenue that resulted from the GOP tax bill.
Policy · 115th Congress
Stick With Senate Farm Bill or Extend Existing Law, Groups Say
</p> The organizations have an interest in the farm bill and champion issues that Democrats and some Republicans are sympathetic to.</p> “The Senate bill is a hard-fought compromise.
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate Republicans Ready to Limp Into Border Wall Fight
</p> For fiscal 2019 specifically, Trump officials have requested $5 billion, which House appropriators provided in their version of the Homeland Security spending bill.
Policy · 115th Congress
Hill Sends Big Chunk of Next Year’s Money to Trump, Minus His Border Wall
</p> The conference report on the $855.1 billion spending bill includes the stopgap spending measure plus the $674.4 billion Defense money bill and the $178.1 billion Labor-HHS-Education appropriations
Policy · 115th Congress
Budget Overhaul Panel Dances With Deadline
But its members will meet privately one more time before the lame duck session to discuss various proposals that could become part of a final bill.
Policy · 115th Congress
FAA Passage Likely, But Timing Unclear in Senate as Deadline Looms
</p> In addition to providing the first long-term FAA authority since 2012, the bill would authorize: </p> $1.7 billion for aid to areas affected by Hurricane Florence.
Policy · 115th Congress
These Farm Programs Will Turn Into Pumpkins Sunday If Congress Doesn’t Act
</p> The four are the principal negotiators trying to bridge differences between the House and Senate versions of the farm bill.
Policy · 115th Congress
How Congress Made CHIP a Budgetary Boondoggle
</p> The $7.7 billion figure is about $1 billion more in CHIP savings than contemplated in the initial House and Senate versions of the bill.