Unions, rail-riders pound lawmakers’ phones, offices as chamber debates transportation budget Senate is certain to reject, President Biden has vowed to veto.
Sen. Rick Scott, four Congressional Reps tell 1,500 at Florida Freedom Summit they want emergency measures debated one-by-one, not moved in $106 billion omnibus
Democrats warn carving 40 percent from Environmental Protection Agency funding among purposely contentious moves is certain to induce budget impasse with Senate
The $5.3 billion Legislative Branch Appropriations Act—the smallest and usually least controversial of 12 annual budget bills—was adopted in a partisan vote.