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Child care funds sought as Congress looks to fall supplemental

Child care advocates are pushing for $16 billion supplemental funding as members of Congress push for a variety of priorities to be included in an emergency package expected later this year.

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Child care funds sought as Congress looks to fall supplemental - Roll Call

Child care advocates are pushing for $16 billion supplemental funding in an emergency spending bill later this year.

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Murray, Collins strike deal on fiscal 2024 emergency funds

WASHINGTON -- Senate Appropriations Committee leaders have reached agreement to tack on nearly $14 billion in additional fiscal 2024 spending in the bills set to come before the panel before the August recess, sources familiar with the discussions say.

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Murray, Collins strike deal on fiscal 2024 emergency funds - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders have reached agreement on nearly $14 billion in additional fiscal 2024 spending.

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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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In post-Roe era, House Republicans begin quiet push for new restrictions on abortion access

House Republicans are pushing new restrictions on abortion access and trying to build on the work of activists whose strategy successfully elevated the abortion fight to the Supreme Court

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A year after Dobbs ruling, lawmakers reflect on impact - Roll Call

The anniversary of abortion decision prompts lawmakers to ponder next steps, reflect on a year of seismic change.

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Senate clears repeal of Biden student loan forgiveness plan - Roll Call

The Senate cleared a resolution to repeal Biden's student loan relief plan, but the president is expected to veto it.

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Debt limit package passes House, heads to Senate - Roll Call

The House passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the debt limit past the 2024 elections, sending the measure to the Senate.

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With growing abortion restrictions, Democrats push for over-the-counter birth control

With abortion increasingly restricted in many states, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), hopes to persuade Republicans to back insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.

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Bernie Sanders Attempts To Push A To Enable Paid Sick Leave On A Federal Level

Family and Medical Leave Act doesn't obligate companies to pay for medical sick leave as it is not federally required.

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Parties scramble for deal on debt limit, budget - Roll Call

Democratic and Republican staff negotiators spent the weekend and a good part of Monday trying to get on the same page in debt limit talks.

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On anniversary of abortion ruling leak, Murray presses on - Roll Call

“I think it's really important that we show people that we are fighting for this,” Sen. Patty Murray said in an interview with CQ Roll Call.

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Senate Democrats announce sweeping effort to outcompete China - Roll Call

Senate Democrats are mobilizing virtually all committees for a massive legislative package to bolster the U.S. against the Chinese government.

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Murray's 10,000th vote marks a new era for women in the Senate - Roll Call

Sen. Patty Murray’s history-making 10,000th vote in the Senate was a milestone as she breaks records in a chamber long dominated by men.

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Abortion pill to be blocked across US under judge’s order

A Republican-appointed federal judge in Texas issued an order suspending the US government’s decades-old approval of a key drug used in medication abortion, initiating a process that could block access to the pill nationwide in a week.

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‘What next?’ Schumer lambasts Texas judge’s abortion pills ruling

Democrats including Senate majority leader warn of ‘dangerous new precedent’ set by ruling and vow to fight it

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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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GOP takes up arms against Biden’s energy, climate spending plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request would allocate billions of dollars for climate and low-carbon energy programs just as Republicans press for less environmental protection and more fossil fuel production, muddying the outlook for potential areas of agreement.

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GOP takes up arms against Biden's energy, climate spending plan - Roll Call

Biden's budget request would spend billions on climate and low-carbon energy programs as Republicans press for more fossil fuel production.

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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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