Tag: Appropriations Committee

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to the Cuban capital to raise the U.S. flag and formally reopen the long-closed U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cuba policy critics demand Senate block State’s funding

Susan Crabtree · August 14, 2015 1:54 pm

A bottle and pills of the diabetes drug, Avandia. (Photo by illustration Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alzheimer’s and diabetes research way behind

Robert King · July 19, 2015 4:01 am

JehÂ Johnson told committee members thatÂ courts have ruled that the federal government can't force jurisdictions to play along. (AP Photo)Â

DHS says it cannot force sanctuary city compliance

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2015 10:41 pm

"In our opinion, the project management approach for this major infrastructure overhaul is entirely inadequate, and introduces a very high risk of project failure," the June 17 "flash audit" stated. (AP Photo)Â

Government watchdog has no confidence in OPM director

Nicole Duran · June 25, 2015 5:50 pm

Due to the funding struggles, the NIH has only been able to dole out funds for one out of every six competitive grant applications it receives,Â said Patrick White, president of the advocacy group ACT for NIH. (WIkimedia Commons)Â

Congress pursues major funding boost to NIH

Robert King · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

Of the 27 million people without coverage, 15.5 million don't qualify for help from the federal government in getting coverage, either through enrolling in the Medicaid program or getting subsidies to buy marketplace plans. (AP Photo)

House panel votes to defund Obamacare

Robert King · June 24, 2015 10:09 pm

House upholds prohibition on gun research

Robert King · June 24, 2015 1:34 pm

"My intention was to build a bill that was reflective of members' priorities given the limitations we have," saidÂ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Murkowski defends budget approach against Dem criticism

Zack Colman · June 21, 2015 4:01 am

Calories are listed next to menu items at a Chipotle Mexican Grill July 18, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

House seeks delay of menu-labeling rule

Robert King · June 17, 2015 7:04 pm

"I've been joking with Lindsey," Mark Kirk can be heard saying on the live microphone, according to audio captured by the Huffington Post. "He's going to have a rotating first lady. He's a bro with no ho." (AP Photo)Â

Mark Kirk: Lindsey Graham is a ‘bro with no ho’

Kelly Cohen · June 11, 2015 6:13 pm

"While making good use of limited tax dollars, this legislation also makes great strides in reining in wasteful spending and stopping harmful and unnecessary bureaucratic overreach," said Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images File)

House moves to oversee consumer bureau’s funding

Joseph Lawler · June 10, 2015 2:57 pm

The funding language in the bill seems likely to pass in the House, as John Boehner indicated his support for it in a tweet late Tuesday. (AP Photo)Â

Boehner indicates support for withholding State funding over Benghazi

Pete Kasperowicz · June 2, 2015 10:22 pm