Congress · 116th Congress
House rules package offers compromise on members’ requests
The rules package is expected to get a vote on Monday, the second day of the new Congress.
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Congress · 116th Congress
House rules would exempt coronavirus, climate bills from budget limits
The new rules package for the 117th Congress unveiled by House Democrats on Friday would grant a sweeping new exemption from deficit controls for legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic or efforts
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Opening day for the Senate won’t be clean break from the old
Graham said he wants standalone votes on all three priorities Trump has recently championed early in the 117th Congress.
Congress · 116th Congress
House GOP votes boost Trump’s $2,000 checks proposal
That’s more than half the entire COVID-19 aid measure Trump signed on Sunday.
Congress · 116th Congress
House votes to override Trump veto of defense bill
Dozens of House lawmakers voted by proxy, taking advantage of a pandemic-era change to House rules. The Senate does not have such a rule in place.
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Congress ditches State Department bill after fight with Ivanka Trump
(Lawmakers in 2016 were able to pass a slimmed-down authorization measure that updated rules for embassy security and personnel practices).
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Bipartisan group’s success on COVID-19 relief could just be the beginning
Everybody’s talking about bipartisanship in the Senate, but the cross-party cooperation that led to Congress on Monday passing nearly $900 billion in coronavirus relief started in the House.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate clears massive year-end spending bill with coronavirus relief
As insurance against a partial government shutdown, lawmakers also sent Trump a weeklong continuing resolution on Monday night, with little over an hour until the current funding extension was set to lapse
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump signs two-day stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown
President Donald Trump on Friday night signed a very short-term spending bill to avoid a midnight government funding lapse, as negotiators continued to hash out a massive omnibus spending and coronavirus
Congress · 116th Congress
Senators clash as panel hears discredited claims of election fraud
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., this week congratulated Biden on his victory and rejected Trump’s claims about fraud and attempts to get Congress involved in overturning the outcome
Congress · 116th Congress
Electoral votes are in, but congressional count may hold another round of drama
out, these will likely be the same states that Brooks and his allies focus on if they move forward in challenging the electoral process in Congress.
Congress · 116th Congress
To constrain a presidency, House Democrats seek Republican support
House Democrats want to act quickly next Congress on legislation that constrains the type of behavior that President Donald Trump brought to the White House over the past four years, in the hopes that
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House votes to decriminalize marijuana
Congress has used its annual budget to prohibit funding the pursuit of those acting within state medical marijuana laws, but there are exceptions, and recreational users enjoy no such protection under
Congress · 116th Congress
House passes ‘Tiger King’ bill to ban private ownership of big cats
Another week in Congress, another week of @SpeakerPelosi delaying relief to American small businesses and workers. What’s on the agenda instead?
Congress · 116th Congress
Conferees unveil NDAA as veto threat looms
Disputes between Congress and Trump or among lawmakers get most of the press, but the NDAA, which has been enacted for 59 straight fiscal years, is noteworthy again this year for the indispensable
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: House takes up ‘Tiger King’ and marijuana bills while seeking spending deal
Congress is focused this week on negotiating a government funding deal and determining whether bipartisan consensus can be reached to enact any additional COVID-19 relief before year’s end.
Congress · 116th Congress
Opening of 117th Congress will be different due to pandemic
In addition to the speaker’s election and swearing in of members, the House also typically passes its rules package on the opening day of each new Congress.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats elect Aguilar, Allred in contested leadership elections
House Democrats on Thursday elected California Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Judiciary wants to delay Supreme Court fight over Mueller materials
Mueller III’s investigation — and hinted the next Congress might not want or need to continue the legal fight.
Congress · 116th Congress
Joe Manchin kills dreams of expanding Supreme Court, eliminating the filibuster
While not conceding that President Donald Trump lost, Georgia Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are appealing for support in their Senate runoff campaigns by saying they are the “last line