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‘Where good bills go to die’: California lawmakers use secretive process to kill would-be laws

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham went into the last month of California’s legislative session somewhat hopeful about prospects for his biggest bill.

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Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators

WASHINGTON — Appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year unveiled in the Senate last week contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion, with Sen. Richard C. Shelby once again the uncontested champion of what senators have rebranded “congressionally directed spending.”

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Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators - Roll Call

Senate appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion.

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Leahy has second surgery related to hip fracture - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., underwent a second surgery Tuesday after fracturing his hip in a fall in late June.

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DeLauro working to get all dozen spending bills through House - Roll Call

House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., wants the House to pass all 12 of its appropriations bills before the August recess.

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Leahy’s surgery could complicate Democratic agenda

Senate Democrats suddenly found themselves Thursday potentially without a critical vote they will need in their uphill effort to pass a major tax and spending reconciliation package before the August recess.

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Leahy recovering from hip replacement surgery - Roll Call

A health scare showed Democrats Thursday how hard it may be to pass a partisan tax and spending package in an evenly divided Senate.

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Conservative faction’s earmark requests illustrate GOP divide - Roll Call

The Republican Study Committee has taken an official position against earmarks, although more than half of their membership requested them.

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Bicameral appropriations talks stalled as House charges ahead - Roll Call

Negotiations on a spending ceiling to govern the fiscal 2023 appropriations process have ground to a halt.

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GOP Senate retirements could spell trouble for earmarks’ future

WASHINGTON — The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, as the party faces some soul-searching over whether to keep the practice if they retake one or both chambers after November’s midterms.

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GOP Senate retirements could spell trouble for earmarks' future - Roll Call

The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, which may prompt a second look at the practice.

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Appropriations kickoff - Roll Call

House appropriators are about to begin markups on fiscal 2023 spending bills and CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak outline what lies ahead.

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House sets $1.6 trillion cap for fiscal 2023 appropriations

WASHINGTON — The House adopted a $1.6 trillion discretionary spending cap for the upcoming fiscal year, clearing the way for appropriators to start moving the fiscal 2023 spending bills through that chamber as bicameral talks reconvene on a framework for bills that can pass the Senate as well.

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House sets $1.6 trillion cap for fiscal 2023 appropriations - Roll Call

The House adopted a $1.6 trillion discretionary spending cap for the upcoming fiscal year, allowing appropriations bills to move forward.

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Congress remembers John E. Porter, appropriator and advocate for NIH - Roll Call

Lawmakers are paying tribute to former Rep. John E. Porter, an Illinois Republican and Appropriations “cardinal” who died Friday at age 87.

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Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers’ appetite for earmarking has grown a year after Democrats resurrected the practice, particularly among Republicans who will face a sensitive decision on whether to maintain “community project funding” in the next Congress if they retake the chamber in November.

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Earmark fans grow among House GOP as total requests swell - Roll Call

House lawmakers’ appetite for earmarking has grown a year after Democrats resurrected the practice, particularly among Republicans.

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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.

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School nutrition waiver issue emerges in supplemental talks

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow wants to extend pandemic waivers for providing universal free school meals in a funding bill.

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GOP primaries could signal direction of party’s earmarks stance

WASHINGTON — Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., secured nearly $11.6 million in earmarked projects for his constituents in the March omnibus appropriations law, from streetscape improvements in Gillespie to a new nursing school facility at Millikin University in Decatur.

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Conflicting incentives for quick election-year spending deal - Roll Call

Dynamics for a spending agreement this year are there, but history also says election years lead to delays and stopgap bills.

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Sprawling $1.5 trillion appropriations package nears finish line

WASHINGTON — The House is set to vote Wednesday on an omnibus spending bill that would funnel more aid to Ukraine, provide another round of COVID-19 medical assistance and fund the government through September.

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Sprawling $1.5 trillion appropriations package nears finish line - Roll Call

The measure would head off a partial government shutdown and resolves a partisan standoff over defense and nondefense spending.

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Vulnerable House Democrats anxious about stalled appropriations

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers universally loathe running the government on stopgap funding. But as the House voted last week to extend stagnant spending levels into the sixth month of the fiscal year, there was one particularly frustrated group.

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Vulnerable House Democrats anxious about stalled appropriations - Roll Call

Politically vulnerable House Democrats are anxious about the ongoing delay in finalizing fiscal 2022 spending bills.

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