In Congress, an omnibus bill deals with many subjects in the same piece of legislation. This business of passing an omnibus bill for spending remains a popular one, though there are some inherent problems with it. An omnibus bill can be huge and it can have items “buried” in it that p...
But Republicans opted against an omnibus this time, hoping instead to renegotiate all federal spending next year when Trump is in the White House and they will control both chambers of Congress. Is a government shutdown going to happen? Maybe — and maybe not. There is o...
But Republicans opted against an omnibus this time, hoping instead to renegotiate all federal spending next year when Trump is in the White House and they will control both chambers of Congress. Is a government shutdown going to happen? Maybe — and maybe not. There is o...
But Republicans opted against an omnibus this time, hoping instead to renegotiate all federal spending next year when Trump is in the White House and they will control both chambers of Congress. Is a government shutdown going to happen?
An omnibus bill is a legislative bill that has one main subject, but also addresses many other subsidiary subjects. This can be...
When the Congress convened in 1849, there was great excitement throughout the land. The congressional votes over the Oregon Bill had shown that the Free states were no longer willing to honor the principle of equal division which had originally underpinned the consensus of the Philadelphia Conventi...
it does not include any of the policy riders that were included in the House’sFood and Drug Amendments of 2022or the Senate’sFDA Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022. It is yet to be determined which of the stripped policy riders will be included in an omnibus package at the...
Sociologists of higher education also recognize the US federal government as a serial funder of higher education: through the Morrill Acts of 1962 and 1890, passed by Congress in efforts to encourage economic development on the western frontier; through myriad contracts with particular universities to...
Health coverage under theConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)is mandated by federal law for employees (and their dependents) when they lose their job or experience a reduction in work hours. One huge downside to COBRA coverage is the cost. When you lose your job, whatever amoun...
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 placed a 50% restriction on related-party interest deductions a foreign-owned U.S. corporation could take while calculating its income tax. Theoretically, a lower number for that restriction will go a long way in restricting earnings stripping, but the...