Senate Republicans will scale back the White House’s $9.4 billion spending clawback request as they look to shore up their vote count. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is leading the rescissions effort in concert with the White House, said Republicans will remove a $400 million cut to the global AIDS program known as PEPFAR, bringing […]
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Democratic lawmakers laid into former national security adviser Mike Waltz on Tuesday over his role in the Signalgate messaging scandal — saying he lied about aspects of the leaked chats and castigating him for the fact that U.S. officials shared sensitive and potentially classified information on the app. “I was hoping to hear from you […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he is still negotiating potential changes to the White House’s funding clawback request hours before he wants to take an initial floor vote. Asked if he had reached a deal to amend the $9.4 billion rescissions package and secure enough votes to pass it, Thune said in a brief […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he will bring the first procedural vote to the floor Tuesday on the White House’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in spending. It’s not clear he has even the 51 votes necessary to start debate on the package. Congress needs to approve the request before it expires Friday, […]
Senate Republicans are scrambling to iron out changes to President Donald Trump’s $9.4 billion request for spending clawbacks ahead of a key vote on Tuesday. Majority Leader John Thune needs 51 votes to start debate on the “rescissions” package, and as of Monday evening, it was not clear he had them. He’s also staring down […]
House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole is planning for Hill Republicans to land on a government funding topline number that is above the White House’s request, and he’s been talking with his Senate counterpart about the matter as Capitol Hill girds for another major spending fight. In a brief interview Monday, the Oklahoma Republican said he […]
Three House Democrats are urging their divided caucus to support a GOP-led cryptocurrency bill on the floor this week. Democratic Reps. Don Davis of North Carolina, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Ritchie Torres of New York sent a letter, obtained by POLITICO, to their Democratic colleagues Monday pressing them to vote for the legislation […]
The Senate has voted to confirm the first judicial nominee of Donald Trump’s second term, marking the resumption of the president’s longstanding campaign to install a conservative tilt across the federal judiciary. Whitney Hermandorfer was confirmed in a 46-42 vote along party lines to replace an Obama-era appointee on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Two Democratic senators want the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General to launch an investigation into Secretary Kristi Noem’s cost-control measures — and how the policy may have affected FEMA’s response to devastating flooding in Texas that left more than 120 people dead. The letter from Sens. Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Richard Blumenthal of […]
House Democratic leaders will not whip against the landmark cryptocurrency bills that will be on the floor later this week despite opposition from the party’s top member on the Financial Services Committee. The decision highlights an ongoing split on the left over the risks and rewards of digital assets. A notice sent to Democrats on […]