Tag: Appropriations

House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., joined at right by Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., waits for the start of a markup on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans inch closer to short-term funding deal as time is running out

Rachel Schilke · September 9, 2025 4:37 pm

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks with businessman H.O. Woltz III.

Pence group tells GOP not to ‘settle for the Biden spending levels’ in budget fight

Ramsey Touchberry · September 8, 2025 2:41 pm

Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, talks after a policy luncheon on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington

Congress seethes over Trump’s $5 billion clawback that risks a government shutdown

Ramsey Touchberry · September 3, 2025 5:00 am

House returns to packed schedule, long to-do list, and Epstein drama

Rachel Schilke · August 29, 2025 7:00 pm

Pigeons sit on a fountain with the Capitol building in the background.

Trump’s $4.9 billion ‘pocket’ rescission play heightens shutdown drama in Congress

Ramsey Touchberry · August 29, 2025 2:11 pm

An Architect of the Capitol worker picks up trash on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol after the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on May 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP)

Senate appropriators reject House cuts to congressional funding for Capitol Hill operations

Kevin R. Kosar · August 22, 2025 5:27 am

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., right, and Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., left, talk before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The top five House Republicans and Democrats who requested the most fiscal 2026 earmark dollars

Rachel Schilke · August 2, 2025 7:00 am

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Senate passes three funding bills after striking deal ahead of August recess

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 1, 2025 8:09 pm

Congressional gridlock threatens billions in earmarks for lawmaker pet projects

Ramsey Touchberry · August 1, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, departs the chamber as the Senate holds a procedural vote on the nomination of Emil Bove, who served on President Donald Trump's criminal defense team, to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2025.

Senate GOP’s spending bill plan runs into bipartisan opposition

David Sivak · July 28, 2025 8:41 pm

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a news conference to address the proposed continuing resolution and its impacts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

DC’s sole congressional delegate slams ‘outrageous’ House appropriations bill

Mackenzie Thomas · July 21, 2025 4:21 pm

Chairmen Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., left, and Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., talk during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense oversight hearing on the United States Army at the Capitol, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

House earmarks are back — here’s what members requested for fiscal 2026

Rachel Schilke, Ally Goelz · July 21, 2025 6:00 am