The House had approved the package of spending bills earlier Friday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that would push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall.
A group of 19 U.S. Senators are requesting that the Biden administration initiate the process to “promptly,” "recognize a nonmilitarized Palestinian state" in the West Bank and Gaza. The participants represent more than one third of the party’s caucus in the legislative chamber. Led by Sen. Tom Carper from Delaware, the Democratic members made their
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D., Nev.) on Wednesday became the third Democrat in the upper chamber to come out against Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s controversial nominee to serve as a federal appeals court judge.
The Health and Human Services as well as Defense departments are among the
The state Senate has passed a supplemental budget that includes changes for the emergency shelter system.
Bill passes after hours of gridlock over funding for three-quarters of the
Vote of 74-24 came after Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer announced a
Shortly before midnight Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a breakthrough.
President signs bill into law just hours after Congress passed legislation, averting partial shutdown
The Senate passed a controversial six-bill government funding package on Saturday after a brief partial government shutdown. Senators voted in favor of passing the $1.2 trillion spending package by a vote of 74-24. The text for the group of bills was only unveiled in the early hours of Thursday morning, angering several Republicans in the upper chamber. The appropriations measures were considered in the House on Friday morning, ultimately passing by a vote of 286–134, with a majority of...
President Joe Biden is committed to not raising taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told senators at a hearing.
President Joe Biden’s quest to put Adeel Mangi on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals appears in jeopardy after a key Senate Democrat came out against the "historic" nominee, whose ties to an anti-police group have landed him in hot water.