#House GOP punts vote on transportation  funding amid Amtrak concerns 

#House GOP punts vote on transportation  funding amid Amtrak concerns 

House Republicans are punting plans to vote on a housing and transportation government funding bill this week amid concerns from members over costs and Amtrak.  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said earlier Thursday that the House would bring up the legislation — which lays out full-year funding for the departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies — this…

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#The fight against cancer faces daunting new challenge: debt politics

#The fight against cancer faces daunting new challenge: debt politics

Even in times of federal budget tightening, cancer research has garnered bipartisan congressional backing, combining with private sector funding to fuel significant scientific progress in tackling the killer disease. “Cancer’s escaped the political gravitational pull,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University Law School. But this year could be different,…

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#McCarthy tries to wrangle Republicans on debt limit bill

#McCarthy tries to wrangle Republicans on debt limit bill

Editor’s note: President Biden has said he refuses to meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for debt limit negotiations until Republicans release a 10-year budget proposal. A previous version of this story contained incorrect information. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday laid out his opening salvo for a go-it-alone debt limit increase bill he hopes…

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#Firebrand appointments to Rules panel may haunt McCarthy

#Firebrand appointments to Rules panel may haunt McCarthy

Firebrand appointments to Rules panel may haunt McCarthy Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) decision to promote conservative firebrands to the House Rules Committee has given some of his leading GOP detractors enormous new powers to dictate the party’s legislative agenda — and may cause headaches for Republican leaders down the line. The Rules Committee, a relatively…

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#Trump enthusiasm fading fast for House GOP

#Trump enthusiasm fading fast for House GOP

Trump enthusiasm fading fast for House GOP Two years after rallying behind Donald Trump as the GOP’s uncontested champion, Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding a very different tune as the former president seeks the White House once again in 2024. While a number of Trump’s staunchest supporters have already endorsed him, a long list…

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