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Efforts to refill FEMA disaster fund faces competing priorities - Roll Call

Bills by Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and four Senate Republicans would add $11.5 billion to FEMA’s disaster relief fund.

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House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks

WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2024 appropriations process has just begun, but some patterns in the distribution of earmarks by the majorities in their respective chambers are starting to emerge.

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House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks - Roll Call

Despite a push to hold down overall spending, earmarks in four House bills have grown from less than $1.6 billion to more than $1.9 billion.

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Battle over parties' share of earmarks erupts in House panel - Roll Call

A partisan rift over the distribution of earmarks in next year's appropriations bills spilled out into the open Wednesday.

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Bice ponders family leave bill as she juggles multiple priorities

Stephanie Bice is a busy woman. She sits on four committees — double the usual most House members get — represents the class of 2020 on the Republican leadership team, and is the vice chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. Oh, and she’s chairing a subcommittee with a modest…

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Bice ponders family leave bill as she juggles multiple priorities - Roll Call

Rep. Stephanie Bice is one of the busiest lawmakers in Congress, whose current mission is a paid family leave bill.

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Appropriators face close votes on spending bills in committee - Roll Call

Rep. Steve Womack said Tuesday that lining up support from GOP panel members for appropriations markups remains “a work in progress.”

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Legislative Branch bill advanced to full Appropriations panel - Roll Call

The House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee advanced a $6.7 billion fiscal 2024 spending bill to the full Appropriations panel.

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Capitol Police boosted in Legislative Branch appropriations bill - Roll Call

Fiscal 2024 spending authority for the legislative branch would be cut by 2.2 percent, according to a bill released by House Republicans.

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Congress could fire Capitol architect under bipartisan bill - Roll Call

A group of lawmakers is seeking to give Congress the power to appoint or remove an architect of the Capitol, instead of the president.

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House GOP tops list of earmark seekers under new regime - Roll Call

Earmarking federal funds for their home districts continues to grow in popularity among House Republicans.

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Scope of COVID-19 funding cuts emerges as debt limit flashpoint - Roll Call

Democrats are jumping on the House GOP plan to recoup unspent pandemic aid in their debt limit bill, arguing it will harm veterans programs.

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Veterans health accounting move a new headache for appropriators - Roll Call

Debate over how how veterans funding should be provided, specifically aid to veterans exposed to toxins, is an early fiscal 2024 flashpoint.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say 'yes we can' - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.

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Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s delayed budget for the upcoming fiscal year due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities, with the debt ceiling deadline looming this summer casting a pall over the entire process.

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Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s delayed budget due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities.

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Earmark ban another wrinkle for labor, health, education bill

WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ new restrictions on earmarks in the Labor-HHS-Education spending bill could further imperil passage of an already difficult bill.

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Earmark ban another wrinkle for labor, health, education bill - Roll Call

House Republicans’ new restrictions on earmarks in the Labor-HHS-Education spending bill could imperil passage of an already difficult bill.

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FTX leaders’ political donations topped $1M weeks before bankruptcy

WASHINGTON — FTX executives, including former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, spent at least $1 million on contributions across the political spectrum in the weeks before the company’s bankruptcy, including a large donation to Senate Republican leadership.

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FTX leaders' political donations topped $1M weeks before bankruptcy - Roll Call

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and others gave $1 million in contributions across the political spectrum before the company’s bankruptcy.

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Mikulski: 'Long before Google there was Chuck Kieffer' - Roll Call

Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the first female Appropriations chair, pays tribute to longtime aide in her own inimitable way.

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Top appropriations aide and ‘institutionalist’ Kieffer to retire - Roll Call

Charles Kieffer is retiring after more than four decades working on budget and appropriations policy for the White House and on Capitol Hill.

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Newcomer’s placement on Pentagon spending panel attracts notice - Roll Call

Rep. Mike Garcia's rapid ascent to a seat on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee is turning heads in Washington.

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Rep. Kay Granger plans to seek reelection and is weighing waiver to keep leadership role on spending panel

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, is planning to run for reelection and is considering whether to seek a waiver to remain the top Republican on the spending panel in the 119th Congress.

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