Interim spending bill set to reach floor amid shaky vote count
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will now try to muscle the 91-page bill through the House with Republican support this week, with few Democrats if any expected to back the measure.
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will now try to muscle the 91-page bill through the House with Republican support this week, with few Democrats if any expected to back the measure.
The much skinnier temporary spending package dropped most unrelated legislative riders but has a key addition: It would suspend the statutory debt limit, currently set to be reinstated Jan. 2, for two
"If you have a CR with the debt limit, at least you are getting part of the problem done," Hern said. ’Deserves to be voted out’ Anger over the massive, 1,547-page year-end spending bill among the GOP
But McConnell right now would likely remain the top earmarker in both chambers, since the current No. 2 — Senate Appropriations ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine — doesn’t have enough requests for
The poll was taken June 28 to July 2, and 66 percent of voters said they watched the debate while another 25 percent followed it on the news.
The 31-page document calls for billions of dollars in investment into AI research and development and highlights policy priorities for committees to pursue.
The Senate cleared the package for President Joe Biden’s signature around 2 a.m., a couple hours after the 11:59 p.m.
Democratic and Republican staff negotiators spent the weekend and a good part of Monday trying to get on the same page about what’s on the table in debt limit and budget talks ahead of a high-stakes Tuesday
Democrat Josh Riley also said he would run again in the 19th District, after losing last year to Republican Marc Molinaro by 2 points. Been there: Former New Jersey Democratic Rep.
Primary posturing: Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano, who lost a bid for governor last year, said in a video posted to his Facebook page that he would win a Republican primary if he decides
They aim to restrain discretionary spending — they eat out less, shop less, and find cheaper ways of entertaining themselves,” Vought writes in the preamble to his 104-page document.
And I’ve got a copy of Der Spiegel or something from Germany with me doing a cartwheel on the front page.”
Schumer took to the floor at 2 a.m.
Texas style: The Texas GOP adopted a 40-page platform that falsely declared that Biden lost the 2020 election, that gun control violates constitutional rights and that Texas should consider seceding
Raw page numbers may seem like a crude measure, similar to other simple counts like how many hours Congress spends in session or how many votes it takes.
“That takes about a week because it’s a 2,000-page bill,” Schumer said.
Jared Golden, D-Maine, who outlined numerous concerns with the current package in a five-page letter to statehouse Democrats that said the measure “is not yet in a place where it would earn my vote.”
No proxy war: With a crowded field and little interest from outside groups, the Nov. 2 Democratic primary in the special election to replace the late Democrat Alcee L.
“We’re all on the same page,” he said. “Both tracks — the bipartisan track and the budget reconciliation track — are proceeding apace.”
But Durbin, the Democrats’ No. 2 leader, said he wanted to talk with Manchin and understand “what he’s willing to say or do.” Sen.