The agriculture bill could face resistance from more moderate Republican lawmakers, including some who oppose its restrictions on abortion services. Representative Don Bacon said the legislation could also lose support from the center if last-minute changes led to further cuts in spending. "If these...
The House voted 212-214 against beginning debate on the fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill, dealing another blow to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who has seen his efforts to pass legislation frustrated by the far-right flank of his own party. Five Republicans broke ranks in voting ...
Boehner blamed the defeat of the Patriot Act — the post-9/11 national security law — on the 36 Democrats who voted against the bill on Tuesday after supporting similar provisions in the 111th Congress. “If the Democrats who voted for these same provisions last year would have voted for...
If the President credibly drew a line in the sand and said “I’ll veto any spending bill that is over X”, that would change behavior on Capitol Hill. But Members of Congress believe (correctly, it seems) that Trump has no interest in fiscal restraint. So without any leadership from ...
Newhouse is one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President-elect Donald Trump in 2021 over the Capitol riot. He's one of two who still remain in Congress. Under Washington's primary system, the top two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election, even if...
Republican Reps. Dusty Johnson (S.D.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who supported the measure, were also in the huddle. 5 months ago 2 Democrats voted for Johnson’s failed spending plan Filip Timotija Reps. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) ...
And he stuck to that theme, highlighting a massive infrastructure bill that many Republican lawmakers had opposed. Article content “I sincerely thank my Republican friends who voted for the law,” Biden said. Article content “And to my Republican friends who voted against it but still ask to...
The 99-page bill would provide a slight boost to defense programs while trimming nondefense programs below 2024 budget year levels. That approach is likely to be a nonstarter for most Democrats, who have long insisted that defense and nondefense spending move in the same direction. ...
The package, if approved, would be a crucial part of the budget process as Trump pushes the Republicans who control Congress to approve a massive bill that would extend tax breaks, which he secured during his first term but are expiring later this year, while also cutting spending across fede...
Senate Republicans are vowing to move quickly on a budget plan that could pave the way for about $340 billion in additional border security and defense spending.