After Long Debate, House Job Growth and Energy Omnibus Passes House The House took up the Job Growth and Energy Affordability budget and policy omnibus bill ( HF 843 ) on Wednesday. As detailed in previous versions of The Capitol Letter, this bill contains the budgets of many state...
Read more Springtime in Washington: Congress is busy, go figure. Yesterday the House finally passed their version of the long-awaited energy efficiency bill, the same one that started two Congresses ago. The bill of record is S 535, this year's Senate version of Portman-Shaheen, which has been...
Read more Senate Environment, Economic Development, and Agriculture Budget Assembled Taking a vastly different approach than the House in both process and content, the Senate Environment, Economic Development, and Agriculture Budget Division quickly assembled its omnibus budget bill ( SF 2101 )...
Read more House Assembles Energy Omnibus Last week, the House Job Growth and Energy Affordability (JGEA) Committee passed its omnibus finance and policy bill. The jurisdiction of this committee is large, so in addition to energy provisions, the bill ( HF 843 ) includes policy and budget items...
Read more Congress is now on their annual two-week spring recess, but only after finishing up a rather productive week, at least for Congress. Both chambers passed respective budget resolutions, something that doesn’t happen every year—the Senate has passed a budget only twice in the last six...
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