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Disaster aid bill seen more likely than omnibus spending package post-election
Appropriations battles are simmering on the back burner before the elections, but lawmakers have some tough choices when they return.
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ERC chair: Deferment of electric bills a ‘stopgap’ as PH braces for more disasters
As the Philippines braces for more climate-related disasters, old ways of doing things 'may need to be revisited,' says ERC chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta ...
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Think tank asks Congress to pass Online Site Blocking bill vs. piracy
A think tank urged Congress to pass the Site Blocking Bill to combat piracy in the Philippines, citing its economic toll and security risks. The ...
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House passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
The House approved a three-month government funding bill Wednesday to avoid an end-of-the-month shutdown, sending the package to the Senate for consideration. The chamber cleared the legislation ...
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Fact check: Did Washington Republicans vote against FEMA funding?
A stopgap funding bill passed by Congress Sept. 25 included $20 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund. But it was a much broader funding bill that also ...
House Republicans don't want a government shutdown, but there's still no plan
“All the work is still going.” House Republicans are all over the map when it comes to how a short-term stopgap bill, known ...
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Lawmakers face jam-packed agenda after Election Day; government funding, debt limit on the horizon
But Hill leaders could face pressure to either take that route or pass yet another stopgap bill since there will be little time after the election to pass individual appropriations bills for ...
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Letter: Why re-elect those in Congress who can't pass a budget?
During voting on the stopgap bill, 100 congressmen including Florida House Reps. Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna and nine others voted against adding additional funding for FEMA disaster work.
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Congress’s to-do list grows while on the campaign trail
The stopgap funding bill runs out on Dec. 20, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has vowed to break precedent and not jam through one large omnibus funding measure before the holidays. The coming ...
Trump Builds out National Security Team with Picks of Hegseth for Pentagon, Noem for DHS
President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his national security team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and ...
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Mike Johnson Under Pressure To Recall Congress To Pass FEMA Funding
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure to reconvene Congress ahead of November's election to approve a disaster relief package in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Both Republican ...
Beyond Pesticides22d
Delay in Farm Bill Passage Undermines Advocates Call for Universal Adoption of Stronger Organic Standards
The OCCSP will disappear in 2025 unless Congress passes a five-year Farm Bill with funding or includes sufficient funding in a stopgap bill this fall. Chemical-intensive agriculture, with its ...