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“So rather than continue this stopgap fashion, I think, Congress should get more visibility into how many Afghans worked for the U.S. coalition in positions that might make them eligible; so we can have
We think it’s important that the committee have any and all access to that information and some information as it relates to some of the prosecutions that are ongoing — without interrupting it,” Thompson
Republicans and Leahy also said providing $200 million to the National Guard to establish a “quick-reaction force” would be ill-advised and that any such unit should be made up of civilian law enforcement
The committee “did not reach consensus on the scope and timeline for implementing these changes or how to do this in a way that protects our service members without overly burdening the department
In the House that year, Republicans effectively stripped the provision out of the defense authorization measure on the floor without a vote, when the Rules Committee adopted a so-called self-executing
Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans “should not be playing political games with the full faith and credit of the United States.”
One matter that had not been finalized was which pots of unspent COVID-19 relief funding should be used as offsets, he said.
“The U.S. is the only home that Dreamers have ever known, and they should not be forced to live in fear of deportation,” she added, using the popular term for DACA recipients.
Toomey of Pennsylvania, say the fund is too often tapped by appropriators to pay for programs unrelated to crime victims without busting discretionary spending caps.
Without an overhaul, she said, “The Crime Victims Fund is not sustainable.” Tapping out-of-court settlements, as the bill would allow, promises to help fill the gap.
He argued that servicemembers “should not have to be subjected to discriminatory intersectional exercises that try to politicize our military.”
Brad Schneider is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to his staff members without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, religion, disability
Jon Tester said he will vote to begin debate on the budget but couldn’t commit to vote for its final adoption without seeing all the details. “Let’s do the debate.
“It’s almost a week, and we should get it done.” Democrats Democratic members of the group were more guarded. Rep.
Court sided with Arizona, in a sharply divided ruling along familiar ideological lines, in a way that will make it harder for advocates to use the Voting Rights Act to prove that state election laws should
The decision recounts how in 1964, Congress, concerned about increasing gun violence, began a “field investigation and public hearings” and concluded among other things that juveniles getting handguns without
“Everything should be paid for. How much more debt can y’all handle?” the West Virginia Democrat told reporters.
Schumer gave senators what’s become a familiar scheduling warning: The Senate won’t recess for its summer break without considering the budget resolution and bipartisan infrastructure bill, he said.
Lawmakers are exploring what practices implemented during the pandemic could hold value for years to come and which should become relics of the age of COVID-19, particularly proxy voting and hybrid hearings
“Should we keep doing that?” he said, arguing that expanding highways only creates more demand and more congestion. “No. It’s not working.”