Stopgap looking more likely
It appeared increasingly likely Tuesday that Congress will need to approve a stopgap spending bill in order to prevent a government shutdown after Jan. 15.Despite progress by negotiators on a $1...
View ArticleBudget Committee looks at economic effects of financial crises
As the deadline for raising the debt ceiling nears, senators will hear from Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi on what effect financial crises have on the overall economy.On Tuesday, the...
View ArticleSenate Dems to skip 2015 budget
Senate Democrats will not write a budget for the next fiscal year.One year after writing and passing the first Senate Democratic budget resolution in four years, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman...
View ArticleOVERNIGHT MONEY: Budget day arrives
TUESDAY'S BIG STORY: Budget storm: The latest winter storm dominated Monday's news but President Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget should take up the rest of the week and beyond on Capitol Hill.The White...
View ArticleSessions demands Sebelius testify before Budget panel
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) asked his Democratic counterpart, Chairwoman Patty Murray (Wash.), to request that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen...
View ArticleSenate approves small bill to help Oso recovery
The Senate passed a small bill Thursday that will help victims of the Oso, Wash., landslide begin recovery.The Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act, S. 404, authorizes preservation of the...
View ArticleHomeland Secretary secretary visits Oso landslide
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson visited the site of the massive landslide in Oso, Wash., on Sunday.Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) joined Johnson’s tour...
View ArticleSenate Democrats go back to student loans in populist push
645X363 - No Companion - Full Sharing - Additional videos are suggested - Policy/Regulation/Blogs brightcove.createExperiences(); Senate Democrats are preparing a populist...
View ArticleSenate Dems propose Social Security reform
Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) introduced a bill to reform Social Security by increasing the payroll tax on the wealthy and expanding benefits to divorced couples and some...
View ArticleSenate panel signs off on Obama budget pick
The Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday approved Shaun Donovan’s bid to lead the Office of Management and Budget, sending the nomination to the full Senate for consideration.The panel approved Donovan’s...
View ArticleHighway fund running on fumes
Lawmakers are under pressure to refill the Highway Trust Fund when they return to Washington after the Fourth of July weekend or risk losing thousands of construction jobs that could set back recent...
View ArticleCongressional Dems press Boehner for Ex-Im Bank vote
Three congressional Democrats sent a letter on Tuesday to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) urging him to let the House vote on legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank before its charter expires...
View ArticleReid blasts GOP for declaring ‘victory’ for women
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for suggesting that the “struggle for equality is over” for women.“The only things missing...
View ArticleSenate Democrats lock in key committee memberships
The congressional merry-go-round of committee changes continued on Friday with Senate Democrats locking in their choices for the 114th Congress. With Republicans set to take a 54-46 majority in the...
View ArticleDems introduce paid sick leave bills
Federal sick leave legislation reintroduced in the House and Senate on Thursday will require businesses with 15 or more employees to give their workers the ability to earn seven days of paid sick leave...
View ArticleMurray launches new push for paid leave
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said she’s pushing Republicans to include paid sick leave in a final budget deal.A total of 61 senators, including 15 Republicans, supported the measure in an amendment to...
View ArticleDems to try adding ObamaCare outreach funds to bipartisan fix
Senate Democrats will push to restore ObamaCare outreach funding in a bipartisan health care bill this month after the Trump administration announced drastic cuts to the program.Democratic aides say...
View ArticlePolicymaking commission offers a glimmer of hope in hyper-partisan Washington
While Washington has been consumed by President Trump’s dealmaking with top Democrats on DACA and the debt ceiling, another major bipartisan breakthrough went largely overlooked.With little fanfare,...
View ArticlePaul Ryan and Patty Murray get credit for bipartisan policymaking
Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on much these days, but there was a bright spot for bipartisanship recently. Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Democratic Senator Patty Murray joined...
View ArticleTrump met Senate Republicans on ObamaCare fix
A group of Republican senators met with President Trump at the White House on Thursday to push him to support a bipartisan ObamaCare fix, according to a Senate GOP aide. The meeting with the president,...
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