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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023

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

Efforts to boost Pentagon budget may start with Navy - Roll Call

As it has in recent years, Congress may increase the Navy's shipbuilding accounts above what the Pentagon requested.

Roll Call · Mar 15, 2023

Eric Garcetti's stalled nomination to ambassador's post sees slight progress

WASHINGTON — Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India made incremental progress this week as the former Los Angeles mayor impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2023

Mike Pence can run, but he can't hide

Pence is misusing the Constitution's "speech or debate" clause to avoid Jan. 6 testimony — he ought to know better

Salon · Feb 22, 2023

Biden says the 3 aerial objects shot down were not Chinese spy balloons

In remarks Thursday, President Biden said the three aerial objects shot down by U.S. military were most likely tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions.

WEKU · Feb 16, 2023

Maine blueberries vs. fly: US senator files bill to help

Maine’s Republican senator is introducing legislation that calls on the federal government to step up research and prevention efforts for a pest that could jeopardize the state’s wild blueberry crop

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

The ‘rogue’ Trump-appointed judge with abortion pill’s future in his hands

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has amassed a litany of contentious rulings in less than four years

The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2023

Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden reiterated a call to “finish the job” on insulin prices, address the mental health crisis and “end cancer as we know it” in his address to Congress on Tuesday — initiatives that could have bipartisan support from lawmakers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s speech was heavy on health policy asks, but it’s unclear if razor-thin majorities will allow them to come to fruition.

Roll Call · Feb 9, 2023