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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say 'yes we can' - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.

Roll Call · Mar 17, 2023

GOP takes up arms against Biden’s energy, climate spending plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request would allocate billions of dollars for climate and low-carbon energy programs just as Republicans press for less environmental protection and more fossil fuel production, muddying the outlook for potential areas of agreement.

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2023

GOP takes up arms against Biden's energy, climate spending plan - Roll Call

Biden's budget request would spend billions on climate and low-carbon energy programs as Republicans press for more fossil fuel production.

Roll Call · Mar 13, 2023

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Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s delayed budget for the upcoming fiscal year due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities, with the debt ceiling deadline looming this summer casting a pall over the entire process.

Tribune News Service · Mar 9, 2023

Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s delayed budget due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities.

Roll Call · Mar 9, 2023

COVID-19 origins probe plods on with no clear resolution

WASHINGTON — Republicans are continuing the search for answers on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but the path forward is mired in stalled investigations, classified documents and stonewalling from the Chinese government.

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2023

Preserving wildlife and a way of life

Through an intersection of bipartisan interest and once-in-a-generation federal funding, we may finally have a chance to end the spiral toward extinction of salmon, orcas that feed on salmon and the cultures of tribal nations who consider the salmon their first food.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 7, 2023

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Top appropriations aide and ‘institutionalist’ Kieffer to retire - Roll Call

Charles Kieffer is retiring after more than four decades working on budget and appropriations policy for the White House and on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call · Feb 22, 2023

5 women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink?

It’s the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

DSCC Chair Peters tapped for plum Senate Appropriations seat - Roll Call

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, his party's Senate campaign chief, will serve on the Appropriations Committee this Congress.

Roll Call · Jan 26, 2023

WA Sen. Patty Murray, for now, is 2nd in line for presidency

Washington Sen. Patty Murray was sworn in as Senate president pro tempore Tuesday, the first woman in the country's history to hold that role.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

Senate convenes with pomp and circumstance, and no drama

WASHINGTON — The history-making chaos in the House drew most of the attention Tuesday, but longtime senators were making history of their own.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

Republican Mitch McConnell breaks US Senate leadership record

McConnell has become the longest serving Senate leader in the chamber’s history as the 118th US Congress convenes.

Al Jazeera · Jan 4, 2023

Murray becomes first female president pro tempore in Senate

Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the Senate

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023

House GOP dysfunction leaves Sen Patty Murray second in line for presidency

The Washington senator is the Senate’s President Pro Tempore, a largely ceremonial post that is normally third in the presidential order of succession

Roll Call · Jan 3, 2023

Senate convenes with pomp and circumstance, and no drama - Roll Call

Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrats Patty Murray and Charles E. Schumer crossed milestones in the Senate.

Axios · Dec 15, 2022

Democrats look to protect fertility treatments in post-Roe era

Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are introducing a bill to protect access to fertility treatments.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Senate Democrats set leadership team for 118th Congress

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats voted in their full slate of leaders for the 118th Congress on Thursday, two days after securing a 51-seat majority.

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Roll Call · Dec 8, 2022

Senate Democrats set leadership team for 118th Congress - Roll Call

The slate led by Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer was elected unanimously after the caucus secured its 51st seat in the next Congress.

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Georgia vote gives Harris reprieve as Senate tiebreaker

Vice President Kamala Harris has outpaced all her predecessors for the number of tiebreaking votes cast in the Senate

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running out of ways to be creative with its limited pandemic funds and needs more flexibility from Congress, Director Rochelle Walensky told CQ Roll Call in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

Roll Call · Dec 7, 2022

CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades - Roll Call

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says her agency needs more authority to gather data to fight public health threats such as COVID-19, mpox.

Roll Call · Dec 1, 2022

Senate Democrats largely keep gavel rules intact; House caucus may vote next week - Roll Call

Democrats in the Senate rejected new limits on committee chairs while a House Democratic term limit proposal may be considered next week.

Roll Call · Nov 29, 2022

Amid talk of generational change, Democrats eye committee leaders - Roll Call

House and Senate Democrats are weighing rule changes that would set limits for serving as committee leaders.

Tribune News Service · Nov 9, 2022

Here’s who won 2022’s most competitive Senate races

With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, both parties fought hard to gain ground, or at least maintain their seats. Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden loomed over several of the Senate races. Here is a rundown of who won the most competitive races, based on…

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