Tag: Appropriations Committee

House appropriators released an energy spending bill Tuesday that curbs President Trump's proposed cuts by nearly $4 billion. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen raised concerns last week with Energy Secretary Rick Perry that the cuts his agency proposed would put the U.S. at a disadvantage on international research and development. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

House bill cancels most of Trump’s clean energy cuts

John Siciliano · June 27, 2017 5:56 pm

Labor secretary told Senate Appropriations Committee that healthcare wasn't his area of expertise and he was there to discuss his department's budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Democrats grill Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on healthcare bill

Sean Higgins · June 27, 2017 5:48 pm

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Treasury report will focus on community bank relief, Mnuchin says

Joseph Lawler · June 12, 2017 5:31 pm

Sessions backed out of testifying before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, telling members in a letter that the Senate Intelligence Committee "is the most appropriate forum" to address his meetings last year with Russian officials. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Appropriations Democrats steamed that Sessions won’t testify at their hearings

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2017 2:30 pm

After a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the DHS budget, Kelly acknowledged that there is no risk of not filling up those beds, even after considering the sharp drop in border crossings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DHS: ‘We’re never going to run out of illegal aliens who are also criminals’

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2017 9:09 pm

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., criticized the Trump administration's education budget on Wednesday by saying it was written by privileged administration officials who could easily afford college for their kids. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nita Lowey: Education cuts proposed by Trump officials who ‘never had to worry’ about paying for school

Melissa Quinn · May 24, 2017 4:13 pm

President Trump's draft budget would cut the renewable office from $762 million for fiscal 2017 to $160 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

GOP appropriators press Trump not to gut Energy Department

John Siciliano · May 18, 2017 4:51 pm

The House Appropriations Committee released a continuing resolution late Wednesday that would keep the federal government funded through May 5. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP plans to buy another week on budget

Anna Giaritelli · April 27, 2017 3:17 am

If we don't get a change on appropriations soon, then we're probably going to get the nuclear option for appropriations bills before long. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Nuclear option for appropriations bills? It’s probably only a matter of time

David Freddoso · April 24, 2017 7:41 pm

Action is needed, as the current stop-gap measure runs out on April 28. (iStock)

Congress faces immediate funding deadline next week

Susan Ferrechio · April 22, 2017 4:01 am

Long a staple of public broadcasting, Big Bird and the rest of the "Sesame Street" gang moved to HBO in 2015. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Public broadcasting advocates lose Big Bird in their budget battle

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 5:31 pm

A group of 47 House Republicans is urging the heads of Congress' appropriations committee to restrain the National Labor Relations Board from implementing several of former President Barack Obama's changes to labor regulations. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Republicans call on Congress to restrain NLRB

Sean Higgins · April 10, 2017 6:32 pm