Senate Set to Pass Funding Bill (Mitch McConnell)
(Source: Mitch McConnell) WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the Continuing Resolution (CR): 'Last night, 77...
View ArticleCongress balks at deal to fund VA hospital in Aurora
Measure to cut into VA bonuses continues to imperil process Related Stories Sep 28:Last-minute fight imperils Aurora VA hospital fundingSep 25:Senate agrees to pay full cost of Aurora VA hospitalSep...
View ArticleDefense authorization bill unveiled amid opposition from Democrats
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders on Tuesday unveiled a defense authorization bill that sets military policy and makes changes to troop benefits over the coming year, but it faces stiff opposition...
View ArticleDaines Calls on Senate Veterans Affairs Committee To Help Blue Water Vietnam...
(Source: Steve Daines) 09.29.15 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Steve Daines today called on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to pass his legislation to ensure that Blue Water Navy veterans who are...
View ArticleCramer: House Passes Continuing Resolution to Keep Government Operating...
(Source: Kevin Cramer) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Cramer released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives concurred with theSenate amendment to H.R. 719, the Fiscal...
View ArticleGardner Speaks on Senate Floor About Aurora VA Hospital (Cory Gardner)
(Source: Cory Gardner) 09.30.15 Washington, DC - Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) spoke earlier this afternoon on the Senate floor after the House of Representatives passed what should be the final spending...
View ArticleCOCHRAN URGES SENATE NOT TO WASTE OPPORTUNITY CREATED WITH FUNDING RESOLUTION...
(Source: Thad Cochran) WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, today said passage of a short-term continuing resolution to avoid a...
View ArticleWhip Alert 10.1.15 (US Senate Committee on Judiciary)
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 10.01.15 Thursday, October 1, 2015 The Senate will convene at 9:30am and proceed to a period of morning business for one hour, with Senators permitted to...
View ArticleReid: We Must Stop Devastating Sequestration Cuts (Harry Reid)
(Source: Harry Reid) 'Republicans in the House cannot agree with Republican in the Senate. And it appears Republicans in the Senate can't agree among themselves.' 'We've all heard that the Speaker of...
View ArticleWhip Alert 10.1.15 (Richard J Durbin)
(Source: Richard J Durbin) 10.01.15 Thursday, October 1, 2015 The Senate will convene at 9:30am and proceed to a period of morning business for one hour, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up...
View ArticleBarack Obama signs bill averting US government shutdown
Washington: Congress and President Barack Obama steered the US government clear of a shutdown Wednesday hours before a midnight deadline, approving temporary federal spending that does not defund a...
View ArticleDaines Blasts Senate Democrats’ Refusal to Fund the Department of Veterans...
(Source: Steve Daines) 10.01.15 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Steve Daines today blasted Senate Democrats' obstruction of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations...
View ArticleCongress moving toward deal to finish over-budget Denver VA hospital
DENVER — Congress could wrap up an agreement by Wednesday that finally clears the way to finish an over-budget medical center outside Denver after months of wrangling and recriminations. The deal that...
View ArticlePortman Urges Colleagues to Stop Blocking Military and Veterans Funding (Rob...
(Source: Rob Portman) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement on Senate Democrats blocking a vote on the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs...
View ArticleTime Running Short to Keep U.S. Government Open
With a threatened shutdown of the U.S. government looming, Congress has barely a day remaining to approve a stopgap spending bill and get it to President Barack Obama’s desk. Federal spending authority...
View ArticleInhofe Statement on NDAA Conference Report (James M Inhofe)
(Source: James M Inhofe) Wednesday, September 30, 2015 WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today voiced supported for the conferenced...
View ArticleOnly One Senate Democrat Votes For Military Construction and Veterans Affairs...
(Source: Kevin Cramer) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Cramer released the following statement after only one Democrat member of the U.S. Senate voted to allow debate to proceed on the Military...
View ArticleVA art budget comes under fire in Congress
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs ran its troubled Denver hospital project $625 million into the red, but it also might have made questionable art purchases, according to one congressman....
View ArticleNo shutdown: House approves bill to keep government open
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is sending legislation to President Barack Obama that would head off the threat of a government shutdown at midnight Wednesday. Democrats helped embattled House GOP leaders...
View ArticleAt SVAC Hearing, Blumenthal Reiterates Call For Increased Support For...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs) WASHINGTON - Today, during a U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (SVAC) hearing on the impact of toxic exposure on veterans and their families,...
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