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While it may be hard for even well-meaning men to understand how pervasive sexual harassment has been on Capitol Hill and just how damaging it can be for the career prospects of a young staffer without
Democrats agreed to support a three-week stopgap measure on Monday after a promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put an immigration bill on the chamber floor should the government remain
Without Meehan on the ballot, his suburban 7th District seat would likely be a nightmare for the GOP to hold in a special election or in November, based on the current enthusiasm gap between Democrats
Vacancies like these should always concern those who favor good government and transparency, and they are even more important now, as recent policy developments on taxes, health care and immigration may
Changing the filibuster rules is possibly the only escape hatch Republicans have for ending the shutdown without striking a deal with Democrats.
An OMB official told Roll Call that agencies are being directed to comply with the law barring the improper spending of funds without appropriations, known as the Antideficiency Act, but not to inflict
But over in the House, Republicans are happy they were able to pass a four-week stopgap measure without turning to the Democrats for help.
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows told reporters Thursday there are still more than 22 Republican ‘no’ votes on the stopgap funding measure and that the House GOP can’t pass it on its own without additional
Committee Republicans also have de-emphasized the American Bar Association’s evaluation of judicial nominees, which Democrats say are an important tool and should be completed before holding a confirmation
Lindsey Graham said Wednesday he believes Congress should address the program that covers immigrants brought illegally to the country as children before it expires later this year.
When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn’t suit him ‘fake news,’ it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press,” Flake said.
Jerrold Nadler, the committee’s top Democrat, said the foreign lobbying bill was not “yet ripe for markup, as it might raise several constitutional and policy questions that should give us some pause before
Other immigration policy areas where Democrats and Republicans disagree, like whether to continue extended family visas or the diversity visa lottery program, should be addressed later in discussions
Democrats are unlikely to support a stopgap spending bill this week without protections for young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said Tuesday.
“I urge you to say yes, for now, because otherwise you’re going to get rejected and then you’re going to find yourself without health care.”
“My personal view is no speaker should ever commit to a timeline on something like that,” GOP Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma said last month.
“You could take two districts that we should win and almost take them off the table” if those previous nominees make it through the primaries.
More precisely, it was a fight over the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, which allows the government, in many cases, to search without a warrant
They argue that the Pentagon cannot get by on stopgap funding, particularly without assurances of large full-year budget increases.
For nearly two hours, the commander in chief even broke with his own White House’s stance on whether the law should remain on the books.