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Senate GOP group floats $618B pandemic relief plan ahead of Biden meeting
COVID-19 relief bill that can pass with simple majorities in both chambers.
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Democrats kick off budget process for filibuster-proof virus aid
</p> House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth of Kentucky introduced a bare-bones fiscal blueprint that includes reconciliation instructions directing 12 House committees to write the bill by Feb. 16.
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Pingree aims for urgency at Interior-Environment appropriations
</p> She joined other House Democrats her first term in passing a major cap-and-trade bill in 2009, only to see that legislation languish in the Senate.
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After the filibuster fight, obstacles remain for progressives
</p> Even Schumer has said that his priorities, for the foreseeable future, are limited.
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Sweeping budget blueprint for pandemic aid readied for floor action
</p> The effort promises to be the most wide-ranging budget reconciliation measure since 1993, when President Bill Clinton in his first year signed a sweeping deficit reduction package passed by a Democratic
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Lawmakers prepping supplemental appropriations for Capitol security
</p> Congress funds the Capitol Police through the Legislative Branch spending bill, and it is their enhanced security measures, including magnetometer screening of members entering the House floor, that
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Democratic leaders: Budget resolution up next week
That’s in line with President Joe Biden’s proposed COVID-19 aid bill, but the details will be up to the committees of jurisdiction who could add to or subtract from provisions in the White House proposal
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Insurrection aftermath: Staffers struggle with trauma, guilt and fear
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> From half a world away, his daughter was glued to every detail as events unfolded.
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Fudge, having sought USDA job, to make case for HUD secretary
</p> A spokesman for his Republican counterpart, Patrick J.
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Pushback on Capitol Police chief testimony continues
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) The Capitol Police and other police departments have been devastated in many ways by the violent riot on Jan. 6.
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Lawmakers probe Russian support for US extremists
</p> The panel’s report accompanying its bill had called this a “growing national security threat.”
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Democrats planning swift moves on budget resolution next week
Leaders in both chambers are aiming to send the coronavirus aid bill to President Joe Biden’s desk by March 14, when enhanced unemployment benefits run out.
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Patrick Leahy briefly hospitalized after ‘not feeling well’ at Capitol
</p> “He looks forward to getting back to work,” Carle said.</p> He had been examined in the Capitol by the attending physician, who recommended he go to the hospital, Carle said.
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Waters shakes up House Financial Services subcommittee chairs
</p> Perlmutter’s bill passed the House in 2019, but attempts to get it included in last December’s COVID-19 package fell short.
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Senate moves forward with 50-50 power-sharing agreement, tabling filibuster fight
</p> The agreement, text of which has not yet been released, is modeled after the rules that governed the chamber the last time it was tied in 2001. </p> “Sen.
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Lawmakers seek to permanently end transgender military ban
</p> ‘Shameful and bigoted’ The most likely vehicle for such a measure is the upcoming defense authorization bill, or NDAA, covering fiscal 2022.
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Minimum wage boost likely headed for budget reconciliation bill
</p> [Restaurant owners feel burnt by minimum wage push, lack of direct COVID-19 relief]</p> Whether a boost in the minimum wage would meet that criteria remains an open question, but Yarmuth expressed
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Yellen confirmed as first female Treasury secretary
</p> Republicans agreed to the quick vote despite reservations about Yellen’s policy stances.</p> Sen. Michael D.
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Feeling the pandemic’s burdens, mothers are looking to Congress
</p> But the ashes from those burning bras have long disintegrated.
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Menendez: Passing immigration bill has ‘herculean’ challenges
</p> Menendez, who did not say when he plans to officially introduce the bill, told CQ Roll Call that he will reach out to Sen.