bypassed the Senate Appropriations Committee process entirely and went straight to the Senate oor to be voted on by all senators. It passed out of the Senate on a straight party line vote: all 26 Democrats voted in favor and all 13 Republicans voted against. After passing the Californi...
So to help us break down the economic gridlock about the lack of housing, we have Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii joining us now. He chairs the Indian Affairs Committee and is on Appropriations, Commerce, Science and Transportation, Foreign Relations and the Committee on Ethics. Claire McCaskill...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020 as a stimulus measure to provide relief to those affected by the pandemic. The CAA extends the exclusion of cancelled qualified mortgage debt from income for tax years 2021 through 2025. However, the ma...
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In 1996, Congress passed a rider to the federal appropriations bill called theDickey-Wicker amendment. Representatives Jay Dickey and Roger Wicker proposed banning the use of federal monies for any research in which a human embryo is created or destroyed. Federal monies are a primary source of fu...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020 as a stimulus measure to provide relief to those affected by the pandemic. The CAA extends the exclusion of cancelled qualified mortgage debt from income for tax years 2021 through 2025. However, the ...
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Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), employers could extend FSA grace periods for the 2021 year out to December 2022. In 2023, the grace period will revert to 2.5 months. How does this work in practice? Imagine that your plan year ends on Dec. 31, 2022. At that poin...
Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)provided an extra weekly benefit on top of regular UI. The original benefit provided an additional $600 weekly under the CARES Act, but that benefit expired on July 31, 2020. The FPUC was modified and extended as part of theConsolidated Appropriations Actin ...
However, in 1885 the House passed legislation that essentially dissolved the authority of the existing Appropriations Committee and created various bodies to authorize expenditures for different purposes. Shortly after that, federal spending (including deficit spending) increased. From 1919 to 1921, both ...