“SASC knows how to deal with both hundreds of amendments and also tough-vote amendments,” Punaro said. “They are experts at managing what is in most years the largest bill on the floor. This would also let them officially conference in early December and get the bill to the presi...
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats to pass a series of abortion-related bills Tuesday, as the party seeks to keep a focus on abortion and access to reproductive health care ahead of the November election. One bill was aimed at protectin
for jamming the bill through the Senate. “Why is it that [the majority leader is] blocking a vote on a relative amendment?” said Cornyn. He tried to table Reid’s amendments, but his motion failed in a 45-55 party-line vote. The Senate took up the Defense bill before Thanksgiving,...
The Senate will vote Thursday on adding a measure to a must-pass defense bill that would authorizethe creation of a program to increase the US supply of domestic enriched uranium.1. Amendment by Wyo. Republican Senator John Barrasso to National Defense Authorization Actwould create a "Nuclear Fu...
The Senate voted 83-11 to pass the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill, sending the measure to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. The topline of the 4,400-page bill supports $858 billion in national defense spending, which is $45 billion above the amount Biden initiall...
In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill last week after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban the military health system from providing transgender medical care for children. The legislation easily passed by a vote ...
Senate Votes Tomorrow on Three Bad Provisions in Defense Authorization Billabortion at military facilities
U.S. Senate Set to Vote on Trump FCC Nominee as Soon as Next Week More Reuters FILE PHOTO: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) logo is seen before the FCC Net Neutrality hearing in Washington February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo By David Shepard...
The White House is not threatening to veto the Senate's version of the fiscal year 2023 defense bill, but it does oppose several provisions related to procurement of major defense weapon systems, according to a new statement of administration policy released by the Office of Management and ...
Senate Republicans block bill on women’s right to IVF as Democrats make push on reproductive careSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about a vote to protect rights for access to in vitro fertilization to achieve pregnancy, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday...