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What's on the House floor next week
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (110+ words) Punchbowl News What's on the House floor next week The House is back next week. And it's National Police Week. So there will be a number of safety-related bills on the floor. Let's dive in. You're seeing a preview of…...
Vault: House eyes narrow rework of Senate housing bill
3+ day, 6+ min ago (545+ words) Let's be clear: The House isn't about to take up the Senate's landmark housing development bill, which passed by a 89-10 margin in March. But they're sure trying to pass something. For the last month, House Financial Services Committee Chair French…...
DHS pitches GOP on ballroom funding
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (124+ words) Department of Homeland Security leaders are making the case directly to top congressional Republicans about why they need $1 billion for White House ballroom security and other projects. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and USSS Director Sean Curran say in a new…...
Breaking down the $1 billion in CJS earmarks
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (120+ words) Punchbowl News Breaking down the $1 billion in CJS earmarks Top House Republican appropriators would bring home millions of dollars in earmarks in the latest batch of projects tucked into a proposed spending bill. You're seeing a preview of our Premium…...
GOP mega-donor: Dems will win the House
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (117+ words) Is it a bad omen when one of the largest Republican donors says that the GOP will likely lose the House? Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said on CNBC Tuesday afternoon that it's "almost a certainty that Democrats will take the…...
GOP drops $72 B immigration reconciliation bill
6+ day, 13+ min ago (441+ words) The Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security panels'each released text late Monday night covering their portions of the immigration enforcement funding proposal, a key step toward passing the measure by Trump's June 1 deadline. Senate Republicans'are using the party-line reconciliation process to…...
Congress gets itself together " sort of
1+ week, 3+ day ago (114+ words) That was a hell of a week. The House and Senate voted Thursday to reauthorize FISA's foreign surveillance authority for 45 days, passing legislation to extend the program just hours before the deadline. The vote was 261-111 in the House. Twenty-six Republicans…...
Johnson notches victory on big rule vote
1+ week, 4+ day ago (147+ words) They all folded. Again. Speaker Mike Johnson turned more than a half-dozen hardline conservative no votes during a marathon vote series on the House floor Wednesday, passing a rule that will allow him to bring up several legislative priorities. The…...
House cancels votes as the dysfunction continues
1+ week, 5+ day ago (83+ words) Punchbowl News House cancels votes as the dysfunction continues You're seeing a preview of our Premium coverage. Read the full story by subscribing here. Presented by Edwards Lifesciences CMS is reconsidering the NCD for TAVR. Stakeholder input during this process…...
The House Republican Conference is a mess
1+ week, 5+ day ago (166+ words) Punchbowl News The House Republican Conference is a mess Where do we even start? The House is falling further behind schedule during this jam-packed week, as the chamber remains completely frozen on a host of critical issues ahead of the…...