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Owens passes up run for Appropriations seat - Roll Call

The contest for the open House Republican appropriations seat will remain a three-person race, as Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, has decided to pass on a run.

Roll Call · Nov 8, 2023

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul dismisses House GOP Israel package as going nowhere

The bill is among the first major legislative packages by House Speaker Mike Johnson and has faced criticism for tying the aid to a cut to the IRS.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 6, 2023

Rep. Owens weighs intercepting a House Appropriations seat - Roll Call

With a House Republican Appropriations seat still unfilled due to the past month's drama, a new contender is emerging: Utah's Burgess Owens.

Roll Call · Nov 3, 2023

House uncertainty puts shutdown specter right back on the table - Roll Call

Legislative action, including consideration of two appropriations bills set for this week, has ground to a halt in the House.

Roll Call · Oct 4, 2023

Menendez's Finance panel seat would have no shortage of suitors - Roll Call

Sen. Bob Menendez’s sought-after seat on the Finance Committee could — eventually — open up as a result of the scandal.

Roll Call · Sep 27, 2023

Johnson offers way out of Senate appropriations impasse - Roll Call

Senate Republicans have identified a potential breakthrough to resolve a hold on the chamber’s three-bill appropriations package.

Roll Call · Sep 19, 2023

GOP Steering panel postpones meeting to fill Appropriations seat - Roll Call

The House GOP panel responsible for committee assignments indefinitely delayed its planned Monday meeting to fill an Appropriations seat.

Roll Call · Sep 18, 2023

Appropriations on the skids - Roll Call

The Senate’s first fiscal 2024 spending package stalled on the floor as hard-line conservatives rebelled, while House leaders had to abandon plans to take up their Defense spending bill. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak discuss the challenge to get appropriations back on track and…

Roll Call · Sep 15, 2023

Combo appropriations package hits the skids in Senate - Roll Call

Senators have reservations about trying to tack two more spending bills onto the House-passed Military Construction-VA bill.

Roll Call · Sep 14, 2023

Jockeying for Rep. Stewart’s Appropriations seat in full swing - Roll Call

Retiring Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, will leave open a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee, and the scramble to fill it has begun.

Roll Call · Aug 22, 2023