Profile: Congress looking to pass budgetBOB EDWARDS
Congress failed to pass many of the most aggressive bills targeting tech,includingantitrust legislationthat would require app stores developed byAppleandGoogleto give developers more payment options, and a measuremandating new guardrails to protect kids online. And though Congress made more headway thi...
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for Responsible Federal Budget, recently said in a statement that the stopgap spending bill will hopefully allow Congress to pass appropriations bills in the next few weeks before the con...
They have refused aid to Ukraine, a nation that has fought hard to retain their own borders their own land, and preserve their democracy from the encroachment of Russia. With less than 5% of our massive defense budget, we can and must save them as we committed. But what does Mike Johnson...
Bush urges Congress to pass balanced-budget measure.Presents excerpts from the Reuter transcript of President George Bush's June 4, 1992 prime-time news conference in which he appealed to Congress for a balanced-budget amendment and to defend his administration's record. Comments made on the ...
market, plus one that’s not–but whenever Xiaomi does bring its budget-priced Android phones here, a lot of other vendors will find themselves in serious trouble. 3/6/2019: The Lounges You Didn’t Know You Could Use on Domestic Flights, The Points Guy I’ve had this how-to post in...
And, of course, shutdowns are what happens when Congress fails to pass budget legislation with the necessary appropriations. The debt ceiling is something else. Also yesterday, WaPo reported that House GOP leadership is “embarking on an education campaign to make sure their members understand ...
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after consultation with institutions of higher education and private industry conducting medical research and the public, shall submit to Congress a report that estimates the medical...
In recent years, these kinds of nomination votes have taken up the bulk of the Senate's floor time; in 2023, 81 percent of the Senate votes that we tracked were nominations. Since nominees can be confirmedwith a simple majorityrather than the 60 votes needed to pass most legislation, De...
Johnson’s version of the spending bill did not include additional funding for Ukraine, national disasters, or the border. It was an extension of current funding levels until October 14, 2023. “Let’s try and pass something people agree with, which is a bill that will prevent a g...