Senate unanimously approves fix to prevent $1B cuts for District of Columbia, sending bill to House
The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.
Senate passes bill to avert $1B hit to D.C. budget in spending plan
The bill, which would allow the city to continue operating under its 2025 budget, still needs to be approved by the House to ...
Senate passes bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
The Senate has passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers. Democratic and Republican ...
Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill To Protect Washington D.C. From House GOP Budget Slash
Senators moved quickly to cobble together a standalone bill to shield Washington D.C. from a $1 billion budget cut ...
Trump-backed bill to avert shutdown boosts funding for illegal immigrant arrests, deportations
A Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help ICE arrest and detain ...
Government Shutdown: Trump Tells Schumer ‘Congratulations’ For Letting GOP Spending Bill Pass
Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.” ...
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AOC: Schumer’s intent to vote for budget bill a ‘slap in the face’
( NewsNation) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Thursday sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck ...
Burn pit fund for veterans on chopping block in GOP spending bill
Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund ...
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D.C. Faces $1B Budget Cut After Senate Passes National Spending Bill
The bill omits language allowing the District to spend its 2025 budget, essentially forcing the city to return to 2024 ...
From Airports to Mentorship Programs, Local Funding Disappears in Budget Fight
The stopgap measure the G.O.P. is pushing to avert a government shutdown omits billions of dollars in member-requested ...