Senate begins long night of budget votes
The largely party-line 51-48 vote to adopt Sullivan’s amendment reflected what is likely to be the final outcome of the resolution in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
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Warren puts Treasury nominee on the spot ahead of hearing
On taxes, Warren sought answers from Faulkender on his stance on various possible offsets to the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts.
Vought nomination advances despite Democrats’ boycott
Senate Budget Committee Republicans approved Russ Vought’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s budget director on Thursday, overcoming the absence of Democrats on the panel who boycotted the
Bessent warns of ‘devastating’ consequences if tax cuts lapse
The two parties have long debated the impact of the 2017 law, and old arguments are resurfacing as the GOP pursues a party-line extension of expiring provisions.
Deck the Hill with books aplenty: Capitol insiders share their favorite reads of 2024
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. "Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm" by Katherine Carter (Yale University Press, 2024).
Senate Democrats try maneuver to pass Supreme Court ethics bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the measure on a party-line vote last year, and the then-Democrat controlled House Judiciary Committee advanced a similar bill on a party-line vote last Congress
House passes sweeping fiscal 2024 spending package
But the measure enjoyed solid backing from House Democratic leaders, who whipped in favor of the Biden administration-backed bill and have a strong track record of keeping most of their caucus in line.
Balanced-budget plan unveiled by House Republicans
Still, adoption of a conservative budget resolution could help appease some hard-line GOP detractors seeking deeper spending cuts who have signaled their opposition to the funding extension unveiled Sunday
Carper retirement could leave two seats in Delaware open
Next in line for Carper’s committee seat would be Senate Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., assuming Sen.
Carper retirement sets up committee leadership shuffle
Next in line for Carper’s committee seat would be Senate Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., assuming Sen.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Leahy, longest-serving sitting senator, to retire
Maine’s Susan Collins is expected to take the helm as the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee at the beginning of the 118th Congress with Washington state’s Patty Murray in line to become
Opinion · 117th Congress
Cooperation: The opportunity is there for the taking
Warner, Amy Klobuchar, Bob Casey, Dianne Feinstein, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, Mazie Hirono, Jon Tester, Maggie Hassan, Tammy Duckworth, Tim Kaine, Ed Markey, Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse
Congress · 117th Congress
Pension funding, COBRA coverage survive aid bill’s ‘Byrd bath’
line,” Wyden said after Monday’s procedural ruling.
Congress · 117th Congress
Medicare fixes, Amtrak boost in draft Senate aid package
Near party-line vote The House passed its version of the $1.9 trillion relief bill at about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, after 195 pages worth of changes were added by a manager’s amendment.
Policy · 117th Congress
Trump’s energy plan was vacated and Obama’s is outdated. What’s next?
On deck Democrats’ first sweeping climate move on deck is a public works bill lawmakers are expected to introduce after Congress finishes work on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, while
Congress · 116th Congress
Dianne Feinstein will relinquish role as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee
Dianne Feinstein of California stepped aside as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, opening the high-profile role for a more aggressive or partisan approach as the Senate moves
Congress · 116th Congress
Power shift, return to limelight in store for Senate Budget
The Rhode Island Democrat, who joined the Budget panel in 2007 along with Sanders, would “conceivably” be next in line, Whitehouse said.
Congress · 116th Congress
COVID-19 threatens Senate chaos, but no pause in Barrett confirmation process
Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat on the committee, noted that even the chairman himself is in a difficult race this year against Democrat Jaime Harrison.