Congress · 117th Congress
Another earmark challenge for $2 trillion infrastructure plan
</p> The comments seemed to rule out a process where members could request specific projects in the bill.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Why some Republicans switched votes on bills they previously supported
“Regrettably, the radical left altered this bill and, in the process, made it far worse and indefensible.”</p> Mast has similar reasons.</p> “I was the lead co-sponsor on it.
Congress · 117th Congress
House to take up DC statehood, equal pay bills this month
That bill also previously passed in 2019 on a 251-158 vote; 32 Republicans joined all Democrats in voting for it.
Congress · 117th Congress
Second filibuster-proof maneuver OK’d by Senate parliamentarian
</p> Some budget experts also wonder whether the revised budget resolution can only be used to raise the debt limit, since the previous pandemic-focused reconciliation bill included spending and tax components
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan agreement on need for water upgrade, but not on cost
</p> On March 24, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a bill authorizing $35 billion for water projects, including $14.7 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and $14.7
Congress · 117th Congress
Unlikely alliances push for action on infrastructure, but will they last?
“For our clients, we need to work to do everything we can to get our priorities into any base infrastructure bill, but we need to keep a careful eye on reconciliation.”
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP response puts Biden infrastructure plan on road to reconciliation
infrastructure plan as an anti-business, tax-and-spend package that likely will become the second proposal from the president that will have to be pushed through Congress in a partisan reconciliation bill
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden infrastructure plan would boost gun violence prevention groups
</p> “Because recovery is real, recovery for our people is real,” Ford said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Special report: Questions swirl over subsidies for chip industry
</p> The debate is about to heat up.
Congress · 117th Congress
House Democrats set sights on making State Department more diverse
</p> These proposals, many of them contained in the House’s fiscal 2021 State Department authorization bill, involve things like requiring that all State Department internships be paid; requiring regular
Congress · 117th Congress
Help wanted: Revived commission could spark criminal justice changes
</p> Grassley, when he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, championed the bill with now-Chair Richard J. Durbin of Illinois.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden nominees are cruising to confirmation with GOP votes
</p> Biden also had an easier time in getting his Cabinet in place than the three presidents who preceded Trump: Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Congress · 117th Congress
Nonprofits unsure about small-business loan access as clock ticks
The Congressional Budget Office evidently believed the savings would be substantial; of $7.25 billion of new PPP appropriations in the aid bill, the CBO cut its estimate of how much would be spent almost
Congress · 117th Congress
Special report: Congress eyes big bucks for tiny computer chips
</p> “I think a substantial amount of money will be appropriated in one bill or another this year,” said Michael Fritze, director of microelectronics policy at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer lays out ambitious spring, early summer agenda
</p> While no Republicans have co-sponsored Hirono’s bill, it could conceivably draw enough Republican support to pass.
Congress · 117th Congress
Sanders rolls out nearly $3 trillion in tax increase proposals
</p> One draft bill would raise at least $1.3 trillion over a decade by setting the corporate tax rate back at 35 percent, where it was before the 2017 GOP tax overhaul dropped it down to 21 percent.
Congress · 117th Congress
House panel leader vows end to ‘racial discrimination’ at USDA
</p> Scott also said the bill would help increase the number of Black farmers and their landholdings.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate clears PPP bill, extending loan applications through May
</p> The vote cleared the measure that would extend the program, now due to expire on March 31. The House passed the bill 415-3 earlier this month.
Congress · 117th Congress
Emergency preparedness training is optional for lawmakers, staff, but some look for a mandate
Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Barry Loudermilk of Georgia introduced a bill last week that would require lawmakers and staff in the House to take emergency preparedness training focused on emergency
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers push to prohibit permanent fencing around the Capitol complex
</p> Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt and Maryland Democratic Sen.