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December 20, 2015

Extreme cold strands senators, delaying Capitol Hill vote on unemployment benefits

A preliminary Senate vote to extend unemployment benefits was postponed Monday night after the extreme cold across much of the country prevented some senators from traveling back to Washington.

December 20, 2015

Hill Democrats, Republicans set 2014 agendas with midterm elections in mind

Congressional Democrats and Republicans sharpened their political knives Sunday as lawmakers return to Washington this week to begin executing legislative agendas designed to help their respective parties in the November elections.

December 20, 2015

White House still weighing Russia sanctions bill

President Obama is still deciding whether to sign a bill that would authorize new sanctions on Russia, a senior administration official said Monday.

December 20, 2015

Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, averting partial gov't shutdown

The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late Saturday that funds the government through next September, averting a partial government shutdown and sending the measure to President Obama's desk.

December 20, 2015

Growing divide among Senate Republicans on spending bill?

Republican aren鈥檛 mincing words about some in their own party as the political divide grows and the deadline to pass a spending bill nears. 聽

December 20, 2015

A look inside the massive $1.1 trillion spending bill

School kids, truckers, marijuana smokers and fans of old-fashioned light bulbs are among millions of Americans with something extra riding on passage of a giant spending bill needed to keep the government running. The $1.1 trillion, 1,603-page bill awaiting a Monday Senate vote is mostly spending choices, such as adding $5.4 billion to fight the Ebola virus or trimming the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by $60 million.聽

December 20, 2015

Massive defense bill clears Senate hurdle

A sweeping defense policy bill that would give the president authority to expand the campaign against Islamic militants has cleared a major hurdle.

December 20, 2015

Senate committee votes to authorize war against ISIS

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted to authorize President Obama's war against the Islamic State.

December 20, 2015

Spending bill includes significant Dodd-Frank change

Tucked into the 1,603-page omnibus spending bill put out by congressional leaders late Tuesday night was a significant change to the landmark 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

December 20, 2015

Congress moves to ease first lady-backed school meal rules

A massive year-end spending bill released Tuesday doesn't allow schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards championed by first lady Michelle Obama, as House Republicans had sought. But it would ease standards that require more whole grains in school foods.