Tag: Congress
Buttigieg Calls on Congress for More Money to Collapsed Baltimore Bridge
Mr. Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, was joined by the Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor in describing the collapse as a matter of nationa [...]
How Patty Murray Won $1 Billion for Child Care as Congress Is Deadlocked
A self-described “mom in tennis shoes,” now the Senate Appropriations Committee leader, managed to win an increase in child care subsidies in a spendi [...]
House Republicans Demand Answers From SEC on Prometheum and Ether
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-Penn.), the chairmen of the two committees, and the other Republican lawmakers – many of [...]
Congress Races to Pass $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill Before Shutdown Deadline
A surge of conservative Republican anger about the bipartisan package threatened to derail the measure as lawmakers in both chambers worked to avoid a [...]
Mike Johnson Says He Will Invite Netanyahu to Address Congress
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, also said he would support having a speech delivered “to Congress in a bipartisan way.”
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Leaders Release $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill as Congress Races to Avert Shutdown
The 1,012-page bipartisan bill emerged one day before the federal funding deadline, and it was not clear whether it could clear Congress in time to av [...]
Key U.S. Lawmaker McHenry Says House Has ‘Workable’ Stablecoin Bill
"The administration's willingness to move forward with stablecoin legislation, I think, makes it by far the most optimal portion of this to move forwa [...]
Congress Seeks to Bar Funding for U.N. Agency for Palestinians
A bill would bar support for the agency, UNRWA, amid accusations that some employees were Hamas fighters. Other countries are scrambling to make up th [...]
FinCEN Is Analyzing $165M in Transactions That May Tie Crypto and Hamas, Senior Official Says
"These updates could clarify, and potentially expand, coverage of new entities in the virtual asset ecosystem that may be operating in areas of actual [...]
Robert Hur, Special Counsel Who Investigated Biden, to Testify Before Congress
Republicans are likely to pepper him about his justifications for not charging the president. Democrats will almost certainly slam him for making broa [...]
The Functional Dysfunctional Congress
Lawmakers have found a messy bipartisan way to pass spending bills, though the final test later this month promises to be much more challenging.
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George Santos Says He’s Running for Congress Again
Mr. Santos, who was expelled from the House in December, filed paperwork to run in a different district held by Representative Nick LaLota, a Republic [...]
Biden Wants Congress to Reduce the Risks of Social Media for Children
A bipartisan bill, the Kids Online Safety Act, has gained traction among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
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Brian Jack, a Trump Adviser, Will Run for Congress in Georgia
Mr. Jack, the final White House political director under President Donald J. Trump, will run for an open seat in a deeply conservative district with M [...]
A news anchor runs for Congress
With help from Shawn Ness
New Window
Former CNN host John Avlon is running for Congress in the first Congressional district. He wan [...]