Congress Members Weigh What Bills to Push before AdjournmentTHE 104th CONGRESS returns to work this week with a single goal in mind: leaving.
There is no requirement for both houses of Congress to pass a budget. If it fails to do so, budget resolutions from previous years carry over. Individual appropriations bills are used to fund necessary discretionary expenses. Those discretionary items include military spending and education, among o...
Harris said in a press release.“From 1882 to 1986 there have been 200 attempts that have failed to get Congress to pass federal anti-lynching legislation. It’s time for that to change.” MORE Act Marijuana is currently classified on a federal level as a Schedule 1 drug, the ...
Congress is also trying to pass a pair of infrastructure bills, one of which has bipartisan support but could fail anyway. They have become bargaining chips in other disputes, both between the two parties and within them. Senator Kirsten Sinema has made it clear she will not vote for any re...
Congress has so far failed to enact any of the appropriations bills that fund the government, although this is not unusual. It has only managed to pass all 12 spending bills on time in four years, and that last occurred in 1997.
What’s next: Republicans are hoping to pass all 12 of their spending bills on the House floor before the August break. The GOP-led House bill will ultimately hit a wall in the Democratic-controlled Senate, which advanced its own ag appropriations bill that awaits floor action. ...
As the ACP’s funds started to dwindle, it became clear that Congress would need to step in to secure additional funding. A proposed solution, the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act, seeks to inject $7 billion into the program, receiving broad support from over 400 organizations. This...
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In the United States, appropriations bills for the federal government's spending are passed by Congress. The government's fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30 of each calendar year. Each fiscal year, the U.S. President submits a budget proposal to Congress. Budget committees in...
In 1917, when it was financing World War I with Liberty Bonds, Congress instituted a limit on US borrowing and the debt ceiling evolved from there as US debt has grown and grown and grown. Lawmakers must pass spending bills each year, and, along with mandatory spending on Medicare and Soci...