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67 Republicans vote against partial funding for Hurricane Sandy relief
After days of anger directed at House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH), the House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that puts a small down payment on Hurricane Sandy relief efforts — over the objections of 67 Republican lawmakers. The $9.7 billion package passed Friday is intended to pay for…
GOP caves on spending cuts demand as House passes bill to avert fiscal cliff
After a frantic day of last-ditch debate, the House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed a bill—approved by the Senate less than 24 hours prior— to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, finally putting an end to the deficit wrangling that had gridlocked Congress for much of the past year. The…
Conservative House GOPers lining up to oppose fiscal cliff deal
Conservative members of the House of Representatives signaled Tuesday that they would oppose the last-ditch fiscal cliff deal the Senate passed in the morning’s wee hours by an 89-8 vote. During a closed-door caucus mere hours after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced that…
Update: No settlement on ‘fiscal cliff’ as House declines a vote
The Washington Post reported that the House of Representatives will not hold any votes Monday night, ensuring that the country will enter what lawmakers from both major parties have called the “fiscal cliff.” The House declined to take action citing a lack of action from the Republican-controlled Senate, the newspaper…
Congress inching toward deal on fiscal cliff
With the clock ticking toward a New Year’s time bomb of huge tax increases and spending cuts, US lawmakers worked feverishly Saturday to keep America from tumbling off that so-called fiscal cliff. The stakes in the game of holiday-interrupting brinkmanship are huge. Economists agree the $500 billion in fiscal pain…
Michigan approves ‘right to work’ legislation amid massive protests
Despite the presence of thousands of protesters outside the state Capitol, Michigan’s Republican-led House of Representatives spearheaded the passage of two “right to work” bills on Tuesday afternoon, NBC News reported. The two bills are expected to be signed by Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who expressed support for the legislation…
Senate approves $631 billion defense budget
The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon’s 2013 budget on Tuesday, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year. After months of negotiations, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve the $631 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which actually…
Watch live: House Democrats talk fiscal cliff
Democratic leaders from the House of Representatives hold a news conference on jobs and the fiscal cliff after a closed-door meeting of the Democratic Caucus. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 28. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
The farm bill, explained
What is the farm bill? The US farm bill is a multi-billion dollar piece of legislation that controls the federal government’s spending on farm subsidies, food for the domestic poor, agriculture conservation programmes, and overseas food aid, among other things. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the first farm bill into law in…
Republican law banning abortion in DC dies in House
A proposed ban on all abortion procedures after 20 weeks of gestation in the District of Columbia has failed in the House of Representatives. House Bill 3803, which was sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) and would criminalize abortion in the nation’s capital, fell short of the two-thirds majority it…
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