The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package has increased funding for a Homeland Security case management program that aids illegal immigrants facing deportation — just as it is facing scrutiny from Republicans who have raised questions…
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House GOP Leader McCarthy blasts omnibus bill after it passes: ‘Forever stain this Congress’
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy blasted the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill after it passed on Friday, calling it a ‘stain’ on this Congress. The United States is currently more than $31 trillion in debt. …
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Omnibus bill defunds risky research involving ‘pathogens of pandemic potential’ in any ‘country of concern’
Tucked away in the more than 4,000-page omnibus spending bill passed by the Senate on Thursday is a provision that sets new guardrails against risky viral research that some scientists and lawmakers believe could have…
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Former Mayor of Santa Monica Rex Minter died after a plane he was riding in tragically crashed into the beach south of the city pier Thursday. Minter’s death was confirmed Friday by current Mayor Gleam…
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House Dem dumps on Democrat Senate for forcing rushed vote on $1.7T spending bill: ‘Unacceptable’
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on Friday blamed the Democrat-led Senate in a for failing to pass any government spending bills this year and forcing Congress to rush in the days before Christmas to…
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Most House lawmakers request option of remote proxy voting for Friday’s vote on $1.7T spending bill
When the House votes Friday on a giant $1.7 trillion spending bill, most members of the House might not even be in the Capitol. Nearly 230 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have filed…
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President Biden signed a defense policy bill on Friday that includes a provision cleared by the House and the Senate to repeal the administration’s military vaccine mandate. The National Defense Authorization Act will terminate the…
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A former mayor of Santa Monica, California, died after a small plane crash-landed and flipped upside down on a beach in the coastal California community, authorities said. Rex Minter was a passenger in the single-engine…
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday appointed the owner of a South Dakota health clinic company to lead the state’s Department of Health following the retirement of the previous secretary of health earlier this…
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Chip Roy blows up over $1.7T spending bill in fiery floor speech: ‘Destroying the United States’
Rep. Chip Roy on Friday blew up at the process that is forcing a quick vote on a $1.7 trillion bill that no one has read and said the Democratic rush job is destroying the…