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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
The test rule, published Dec. 11, is mixed in a blitz of rules the Energy Department has finalized in recent weeks, including two President Donald Trump belabored on the campaign trail.
Biden in November named former Secretary of State John Kerry to be his global climate envoy with a seat on the National Security Council.Â
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
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.
My job was to write for The Political Report, a little-circulated weekly newsletter that reported on House and Senate races.
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
Progressive groups are already pushing President-elect Joe Biden to reverse a number of Trump administration health policies next year, with an emphasis on those that affect low-income, minority and LGBT
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
Another week in Congress, another week of @SpeakerPelosi delaying relief to American small businesses and workers. What’s on the agenda instead?
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
Fixing up the old FEC: The Senate Rules and Administration panel took a big step toward restoring a full slate at the Federal Election Commission, approving three nominees Thursday.
It may fall on Congress to determine who has won the closest House race in 36 years. The race in Iowa’s 2nd District was decided by just six votes after a recount, with Republican state Sen.
Candidates also touted the pledge as the answer to complex issues such as health care, arguing that a Congress that was not beholden to corporate interests would focus more on the problems of regular folks
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.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Nov. 20 said the state had completed a statewide audit of the election, which is like a hand recount, and confirmed that Biden beat Trump by 12,284
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.
Just last week, the CPC passed game-changing reforms to its own caucus rules.
House Democrats on Thursday elected California Rep.
Still, in the latest count, House Democrats held 21 of the 30 districts that President Donald Trump won in 2016. They lost seven and are on a path to lose two more.