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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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