Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told the White House budget director that lawmakers “are not getting any answers” as to why hundreds of millions of dollars isn’t flowing to states for anti-poverty programs.
At the first of several budget hearings, the health secretary said newly proposed cuts were needed because of the federal debt.
Leaders are racing to get a deal before a scheduled Thursday afternoon vote.
The effort to align Republicans in both chambers follows the House GOP’s rejection of the DHS funding strategy the Senate hatched last month.
The health secretary told the Ways and Means Committee he’s bringing on new members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
President Donald Trump is demanding an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without changes.
Republicans eager to install Kevin Warsh as Fed chair with Jerome Powell’s term ending next month are joining the call for the Trump administration to end its probe of Powell.