Tag: Spending

A house on Chickasaw Lane seen surrounded by floodwaters in Vicksburg, Miss., Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

How the omnibus bill increases the odds of flood insurance reform

Emily Jashinsky · March 22, 2018 7:25 pm

Rand Paul is delaying a unanimous consent agreement to expedite the process of considering the continuing resolution. (Senate TV via AP)

Rand Paul again seizes center stage as Senate simmers waiting for spending vote

Susan Ferrechio · March 22, 2018 7:23 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-S.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Gun rights group posts Mark Meadows’ cellphone number online: Report

Melissa Quinn · March 22, 2018 6:52 pm

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Jeb Hensarling confers with a staff member during a hearing on the Export-Import bank's reauthorization request, and the government's role in export financing, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 3, 2015.

Two bills to relax financial rules included in spending package

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2018 6:31 pm

Rep. Ralph Norman.

Rep. Ralph Norman: Omnibus boondoggle shows GOP has failed to drain the swamp

Ralph Norman · March 22, 2018 5:57 pm

In this March 5, 2015, file photo, cables are connected to a server capable of handling an email server at the Washington bureau of the Associated Press.

Spending bill likely to end Supreme Court case on email data stored overseas

Melissa Quinn · March 22, 2018 5:47 pm

Republican doubts about Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget, could foreshadow an internal administration struggle over priorities in the federal budget. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House blames Democrats for lack of DACA fix in spending bill

Gabby Morrongiello · March 22, 2018 5:22 pm

Beltway Confidential

House approves $1.3 trillion spending bill just hours after it was introduced

Susan Ferrechio · March 22, 2018 4:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Before passing the omnibus bill, Congress should consider the spending cuts in Trump’s budget

Jake Grant · March 22, 2018 4:11 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, introduced the first Senate resolution to recognize June as LGBTQ Pride Month. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sherrod Brown tells Ben Carson he regrets helping confirm him over spending thousands to replace ‘wobbly chair’

Melissa Quinn · March 22, 2018 3:31 pm

In this June 10, 2015 file photo, assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, R-New Hartford, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, in Albany, N.Y.

The ‘deep state’ was responsible for HUD’s purchase of $31K dining room set, GOP congresswoman says

Melissa Quinn · March 22, 2018 2:51 pm

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at a Washington Examiner event about tax reform.

Paul Ryan blames Senate, Democrats for spending bill failures

Pete Kasperowicz · March 22, 2018 1:02 pm