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Former Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger Battling Dementia Issues

Former House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger is dealing with dementia-related health issues and residing in an independent living facility in Fo...

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Aderholt won't challenge Cole for top Appropriations slot - Roll Call

The field of candidates to become the next House Appropriations Committee chair is officially down to just one.

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U.S. Rep. Kay Granger to step down from powerful House appropriations leadership position

Her role as as committee chair made her one of the most influential Texans in Congress.

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Texas lawmakers weigh spending $1.5 billion on more border barriers. Experts say walls alone won’t stop migrants.

The House Appropriations Committee passed House Bill 6 on Monday. If it becomes law, the bill would fund an estimated 50 miles of new barriers at the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border.

The Texas Tribune

Photos of the week ending July 21, 2023 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Boy Scouts, Senate pages, RFK Jr., and selfies with the Speaker highlighted this week in the Capitol.

Roll Call

Analysis: Uncertainty clouds defense spending forecast

WASHINGTON — Even with a budget deal firmly set in law, the size and characteristics of the fiscal 2024 defense budget remain even more in flux than defense bills usually are this time of year.

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Analysis: Uncertainty clouds defense spending forecast - Roll Call

Partisan division and the potential for drastic changes mean the future of the Pentagon's fiscal 2024 budget is anything but certain.

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GOP accused of breaking debt deal

Republicans have already "walked away from this deal," says Rep. Rosa DeLauro

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Photos of the week ending June 16, 2023 - Roll Call

From the Congressional Baseball Game to the arrival of “Marty the Moose,” CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists caught a lot of activity this week.

Roll Call

FTX leaders’ political donations topped $1M weeks before bankruptcy

WASHINGTON — FTX executives, including former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, spent at least $1 million on contributions across the political spectrum in the weeks before the company’s bankruptcy, including a large donation to Senate Republican leadership.

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FTX leaders' political donations topped $1M weeks before bankruptcy - Roll Call

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and others gave $1 million in contributions across the political spectrum before the company’s bankruptcy.

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DeLauro's Appropriations panel staff director heads downtown - Roll Call

Robin Juliano is going to lobbying firm Cornerstone Government Affairs, which is stocked with Capitol Hill and appropriations veterans.

Roll Call

In tweaking Florida’s secretive migrant flights program, lawmakers ask little, reveal less

MIAMI — Florida lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a measure that would not only expand Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ability to relocate migrants anywhere in the country but would allow his administration to hand out millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies to carry out the secretive program without disclosing…

Miami Herald

Forty-three of 54 Pennsylvania House committee chairs raised less money than the average member this cycle

Elections for all 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022.

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Big spending boost may be too little for national parks’ needs

WASHINGTON — Even as the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to offer a multimillion-dollar boost for national parks and federal land, the recent catastrophic flooding at Yellowstone National Park shows the increase may not be enough.

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Big spending boost may be too little for national parks' needs - Roll Call

Additional spending proposed by House appropriators may be inadequate to protect national parks from the ravages of climate change.

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Cannabis Ads Might Soon Be On TV, Radio: House Advances Bill To Lift FCC Ban In Legal Marijuana States

The House Appropriations Committee recently passed a bill with a provision that would block the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from penalizing broadcasters for advertising cannabis products in states with legal marijuana markets, reported Media P

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Congress Urges USDA & FDA To Resolve 'Hot' Hemp Difficulties, Addresses CBD Advertising, Veterans & Cannabis Research, Psychedelics

Congressional lawmakers updated several spending bills and reports dealing with important issues in the cannabis and hemp industries. New documents published by the House Appropriations Committee address hemp manu

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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.

Roll Call

House appropriators plan June markups on fiscal 2023 bills - Roll Call

The House Appropriations Committee tentatively plans to take up spending bills in June, according to people familiar with the schedule.

Benzinga

Maryland Bill Would Give Veterans Access To Psychedelics As A Form Of PTSD Treatment

This week, a Senate-passed bill to create a state fund to provide psychedelics to military veterans was taken up by a Maryland House of Delegates. The goal of the fund is to provide “cost-free” access to substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic…

The Independent UK

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

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Washington Legislature considers collective bargaining for legislative staff

A new bill that would give state legislative staff the right to bargain collectively was introduced in the Washington House of Representatives after two similar bills missed the cutoff to be passed to the opposite chamber last week. Around 100 legislative staffers called in sick after the bills did not…

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Union Station: Ninth Circuit panel upholds California law prohibiting public employers from discouraging union membership or dues authorizations

On Feb. 7, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a California law prohibiting public employers from discouraging union membership or dues deduction authorizations.

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