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With the election of Donald Trump, the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 2025 will differ significantly from the pre-election expectations. Here are our projections on the [...]

Republicans put forward a spending bill that would slash funding for federal law enforcement, though they failed to find a way to defund the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald [...]

Byline: Paul Kane Year in and year out, Congress finds a way to boost salaries for most hard-working employees of the federal government. The House approved a Pentagon policy bill [...]

Note: Due to the Republican Convention next week and the accompanying recess, The Topline will be taking the week off but will be back in your inbox July 26. A [...]

'Why are you losing so much? Are you losing on purpose?' An implacable Lina Khan fended off four hours of hostile questions from members of the House Judiciary Committee, who [...]

This Week in Washington: Senate Appropriations Committee meets to figure out top-line numbers; Majority Leader Schumer leads Senate in developing a policy response to artificial intelligence; and CMS proposes new [...]

Lawmakers have expressed confidence that they would be able to reach a final agreement on a package to keep the government funded through September 2023. WASHINGTON -- The House on [...]

Highlights The House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 28, 2023, released the fiscal year (FY) 2024 guidance for Community Project Funding, also known as earmarks. Community project funding allows House members [...]

Byline: Tony Romm and Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - House and Senate leaders on Thursday announced they had clinched a deal to fund the federal government into next year, even as [...]

RUSS-O-METER Estimates on tax policy questions from shareholder Russ Sullivan 'RUSS, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT WE SEE A RECONCILIATION LAW PASSED IN THIS CONGRESS?' TAX TIDBIT Reconciliation Revival? Ever [...]

In a move that typifies how indirect legislation can achieve what direct legislation may not, the House Appropriations Committee has advanced a bill that would allow for cannabis ads to [...]

In a somewhat indirect move, Congress has advanced the effort to allow television and radio stations to begin accepting cannabis ads in states where it has been approved for medical [...]

Lara Beaven of Inside EPA reports that the House Appropriations Committee intends to give EPA every dollar it has requested to implement its ambitious and wide-ranging plan for addressing the [...]

The one-vote margin of passage reflected opposition on the right and left. The measure faces long odds in the Senate, where it is likely to face a filibuster. WASHINGTON -- [...]

Over more than a decade at the House Appropriations Committee, Ms. Young gained credibility with members of both political parties. WASHINGTON -- Late one night in February 2019, as lawmakers [...]

The architect of the Capitol and other officials told lawmakers that the physical and psychological toll of the Jan. 6 riot -- including damaged artifacts and staff trauma -- will [...]

Byline: J.P. Lawrence KABUL, Afghanistan - Lawmakers want the military to end a multibillion-dollar program meant to win over the people of Afghanistan and Iraq through cash and work projects. [...]

In testimony before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified on the impact of market developments [...]

A Window Into Democratic Fiscal Priorities: House Reveals FY 2021 Budget Priorities. This week, the House Committee on Appropriation unveiled Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill and the Legislative Branch, Appropriations [...]

Byline: Philip Bump Late Friday night, the White House informed House Democrats that Anthony S. Fauci, the country's leading infectious disease expert, was simply too busy to offer testimony on [...]

Byline: Erica Werner;Mike DeBonis The White House is blocking Anthony S. Fauci from testifying before a House subcommittee investigating the coronavirus outbreak and response, arguing that it would be 'counterproductive' [...]

Byline: Valerie Strauss At a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was asked a question: Should a charter school receiving federal funding be allowed to lease a [...]

Byline: Erica Werner WASHINGTON - House Democrats released a short-term spending bill Wednesday that would keep the government open through late November, punting a potentially brutal fight over President Donald [...]

Byline: Erica Werner WASHINGTON - The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to keep the government open through late November, setting up a huge showdown later this year over President Donald Trump's [...]

Byline: Jeff Stein WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is expected to approve back pay this month for hundreds of thousands of federal contractors who went unpaid during the 35-day [...]

Byline: Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON - The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday released its plan to authorize a record-setting $750 billion in defense spending next fiscal year, in a bill [...]

Byline: Dino Grandoni WASHINGTON - In recent months, several Republicans have rallied around a single idea when describing their plans to address climate change: innovation. They argue that investing in [...]

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers intent on repealing the authorization of military force passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are expressing hope [...]

Byline: Erica Werner WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday voted to block a new Trump administration rule allowing health workers to refuse services that violate their religious beliefs. [...]

Byline: Caitlin M. Kenney WASHINGTON - Navy and Marine Corps leadership were grilled Tuesday on Capitol Hill about why they had not planned for new child care facilities in the [...]

Byline: Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr testified Tuesday that he thinks he will be able to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report 'within a [...]

Byline: Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr testified Tuesday that he thinks he will be able to release special counsel Robert Mueller's report 'within a [...]

Byline: Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr testified Tuesday that he believes he will be able to release special counsel Robert Mueller's report 'within a [...]

Byline: Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr is scheduled to testify Tuesday before members of the House Appropriations Committee, where questions on his handling of [...]

Byline: Rose L. Thayer AUSTIN, Texas - A Fort Hood-based pilot program that pays for soldiers to get civilian licenses and professional credentials could expand beyond Texas by the end [...]

WASHINGTON -- When it became clear that Representative Nita M. Lowey, Democrat of New York, would lead the House Appropriations Committee, she received a cherrywood gavel, her name and new [...]