Reports the amendment of the omnibus energy bill in the Senate in the U.S. Approval of the tax provisions for the bill concerning energy programs; Modification of the electricity cogeneration law; Provision on the use of ethanol in gasoline.EBSCO_bspChemical & Engineering News...
Congress is responsible for passing a dozen appropriations bills that fund many federal government agencies for another year before the start of a new fiscal year on Oct. 1. The funding bills are often grouped together into a large piece of legislation, referred to as an "omnibus" bill. The ...
's third Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution, which describes Senate votes. These Senate votes include Janet Yellen's nomination as the head of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, farm legislative bills, and the omnibus appropriations bill. ...
Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who leads the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the bill will keep "vital services running for the American people" through mid-December, giving lawmakers in both chambers more time to negotiate a bipartisan omnibus package of annual spending bills. "Enac...
Senators began debating two bills on Wednesday, a tax package that lowers the income tax threshold and a 238-article state reform bill, initially dubbed the “omnibus bill” because of its then more than 600 articles. Advertisement This watered-down version...
Conservatives in the House have long protested the omnibus process and would likely be incensed if Johnson green-lighted such a bill now. They favor passing a stopgap bill this time, arguing Trump and the GOP majorities next term should set spending levels. Given Johnson needs to ...
Under Senate rules, the earliest the Senate could take an initial vote on the omnibus bill is early Saturday, roughly an hour after the midnight deadline. If they want to speed up the votes they’ll need the consent of every senator. GOP leadership is hoping they’ll be able to set...
House Passes Broad Energy Bill, But Quick Senate Action Unlikely The House voted Dec. 3 to approve the first broad rewrite of energy policy in nearly a decade, but action on the Senate's version of the omnibus energy bil... A Natter - 《Environment Reporter》 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 Hou...
Cobb: First off, H.R. 1 is kind of an omnibus bill. It's a real grab bag of Democratic reforms, some of which, oddly enough, it doesn't seem like there should be much political opposition to, but there is. One of the things that H.R. 1 does that I think is most important ...
Senate Democrats are rounding up votes for the omnibus bill, which would fund the federal government through Sept. 30, 2011, and say they are hopeful they can get the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. Some Senate Republicans, however, are expressing their strong reservations with the ...