In a statement late Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he was "pleased these negotiations led to a bipartisan government funding agreement free of cuts and poison pills, while also securing Democratic priorities like millions for child care, workforce training and job pla...
Typically, reconciliation bills are attempted once a year during single-party rule in Congress. GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thunehad previously saidthat the plan was to put forward two separate reconciliation packages — another extremely difficult task given the small margins in both chambers. “...
With a slim majority in the Senate, Republicans have signaled their intent to use Budget Reconciliation this year as a mechanism for passing law. With lots of questions circling about what is and what could be in or out for Budget Reconciliation, here’s what you need to...
Progress toward increasing life expectancy has been made in recent years but the health of the majority of people in most developing countries remains poor by any measure. In many nations life expectancy does not exceed 50 years. More than 1/3 of infants die before the age of 5 and hundreds...
Both major parties are contesting all 14 of Georgia’s congressional districts, where Republicans currently hold a 9-5 majority. In the next highest-profile race besides the 3rd, Republican Wayne Johnson is trying to unseat longtime incumbent Democrat Sanford Bishop in ...
majority of both the senate and the house of representatives to pass political bills. Political standoffs often arise when the congressional races cause a situation to arise in which the President is from one political party and the majority of the members of Congress are aligned to the other ...
The Kansas court’s majority said the state constitution doesn’t bar lawmakers from considering partisan factors in drafting their maps. It added that state courts would have no clear standard for what constitutes improper gerrymandering absent a “zero tolerance” standard....
“majority’s corporate tax cut agenda.” According to DeLauro, the expanded monthly child tax credit “was the largest decrease in child poverty in history,” reaching more than 61 million children, lifting more than 4 million out of poverty, and leading to a 26 percent decline in hunger ...
At one time, there was relatively little concern about descriptive representation in Congress. A major reason is that until well into the twentieth century, white men of European background constituted an overwhelming majority of the voting population. African Americans were routinely deprived of the ...
Regarding Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was shot in an attempted assassination in 2017, Trump quipped: “He looks better today than he did 10 years ago.” The president also recognized a key ally, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who was sitting deep in the crowd. “Not ...