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Senate appropriations bill advances without funds for CPB
This decision to provide no funding to CPB in FY 2026 will cause irreparable harm, especially to small and rural public media stations,” said CPB CEO Patricia Harrison.
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Senate Appropriations Committee reverses federal benefits agency budget cuts
The Senate Appropriations Committee hopes the Employee Benefits Security Administration will do more to enforce mental health ...
Republicans accuse Dems of 'obstruction,' delaying passage of govt funding bills
Senate Republicans continue to hit roadblocks in their race to pass the 12 appropriations bills funding federal agencies for ...
Congress eyes short-term govt funding stopgap as appropriations bills stall
With U.S. House members out for their August recess, senators are scrambling to advance at least some of the 12 annual ...
House draft bill bars feds from managing half of a 1.9 million-acre monument
That’s because on July 22, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives settled on a budget for the U.S.
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Senate schedule, Ag approps bill unclear as recess approaches
The Senate is scheduled to leave town this weekend for the traditional August recess until Sept. 2, but what the Senate considers before it leaves and when it leaves are still uncertain. The Senate ...
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House Appropriations Committee Advances Bill To Keep Public In Dark About Pesticide Risks
Appropriations bill rider would prevent EPA from improving warning labels on dangerous pesticides, as industry pushes to shield manufacturers from health-related lawsuits ...
Republicans move to clear final hurdles to funding bill before recess
Senate Republicans are moving swiftly to clear key hurdles in their effort to pass a set of spending bills before the August ...
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Bill would reinstate Twin Metals' mineral leases, stifle withdrawal enforcement
The provisions in the U.S. House's version of an environmental appropriations bill come as the Trump administration seeks to ...
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Senate scrambles to cinch deals on spending bills, nominees
Senators cleared a major hurdle Tuesday to pave the path forward for the Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill, but other ...
Both parties promise bipartisanship to pass spending bills before shutdown deadline
Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the vice chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, said on the Senate ...
Senate panel advances $852 billion defense bill, including $800 million for Ukraine, on strong bipartisan vote
By a wide bipartisan margin, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $851.9 billion defense spending bill for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, including $800 million in direct military aid for ...