House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Kentucky) has introduced a continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through April 28 at current spending levels. The potential $1.07 trillion stopgap bill would authorize
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House lawmakers have delayed negotiations on a proposed $1 trillion omnibus budget for fiscal year 2017 and plan to vote on a stopgap measure that would run through March 31, Bloomberg reported
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U.S. senators plan to meet Tuesday to vote on a bill proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to extend government funding and head off a shutdown by the end of the week, Roll Call
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The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to move $81 million in funds from other research programs to efforts that seek to advance development work on vaccines against Zika virus,
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A joint House-Senate committee has submitted the final conference report on a bill that would provide $82.5 billion to fund military facility construction projects, veterans’ benefits programs and Zika response efforts. The House Appropriations Committee said Wednesday the Military Construction and
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A joint committee of House and Senate appropriators met Tuesday to begin discussions on a bill that would fund the Defense Department‘s military infrastructure projects and the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ quality-of-life programs
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The House has passed a bill that seeks to allot $3.48 billion in funds to secure and maintain of the Capitol complex. Lawmakers voted 233-175 to approve the fiscal year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations
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House Appropriations Committee members have cleared a bill that would provide $21.7 billion to fund operations of the Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Small Business Administration and U.S. federal courts for
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The House Appropriations Committee has unveiled a bill that would provide $56B in discretionary funding for the departments of Commerce and Justice as well as federal science agencies for fiscal year 2017. The committee
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The Senate voted 68-29 Tuesday to pass a bipartisan bill that would authorize $1.1 billion in emergency funds to support efforts that seek to prevent the spread of Zika virus, the New York
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