Stopgap funding bill clears House; next stop is Biden's desk - Roll Call The House cleared a temporary spending bill needed to avoid a partial government shutdown ahead of Friday night's deadline. Roll Call · Sep 30, 2022
Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms WASHINGTON — Potential changes in control of one or both chambers in the midterm elections could put the practice of earmarking federal funds for local projects on the chopping block in the next Congress. Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022
Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms - Roll Call Potential changes in control of one or both chambers could put earmarks for local projects on the chopping block. Roll Call · Aug 25, 2022
Abortion foes push federal action as Texas Republicans say issue best left to the states WASHINGTON — Republicans are widely expected to take their first House majority in a post-Roe world next year, encountering a legal landscape conducive to tighter federal restrictions on abortion. Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022
Tensions rise in House over Navy shipbuilding - Roll Call House lawmakers criticized President Biden's budget proposal for the Navy, arguing it would not keep pace with China. Roll Call · May 11, 2022
The Navy wants to scrap the USS Fort Worth. Rep. Kay Granger is having none of it WASHINGTON — The USS Fort Worth, one of a relatively new class of nimble combat ships that can navigate shallow waters, is in the line of fire – from the U.S. Navy. Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2022
Billions, and more, for lawmakers' projects in spending bill Home-district projects for members of Congress are back, sprinkled across the government-wide $1.5 trillion bill that President Joe Biden signed recently The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022
Stopgap bill passes House as appropriators narrow differences - Roll Call The House passed a stopgap appropriations bill Tuesday evening to extend current federal agency funding rates through March 11. Roll Call · Feb 8, 2022
Republicans who voted against Biden’s infrastructure bill are touting its projects anyway WASHINGTON — Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, last year left little doubt why she was voting against a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure, calling it nothing more than a “socialist plan full of crushing taxes and radical spending.” Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2022