Senate to seek short-term punt for key surveillance power
Majority Leader John Thune said a House-passed three-year extension can’t pass without changes.
Majority Leader John Thune said a House-passed three-year extension can’t pass without changes.
House GOP hardliners are driving a tough bargain — a full ban on a central bank digital currency, or bust.
But the bill renewing the Section 702 surveillance law likely cannot pass the Senate without changes.
Republican leaders overcame opposition that had threatened approval for a key spy law, DHS funding and the farm bill.
The group of progressive House Democrats rolls out a “New Affordability Agenda” tackling issues from oil prices to super PAC spending.
The announcement comes as committee Democrats had just announced a resolution to hold the ousted attorney general in contempt of Congress.
The House floor has been frozen for more than an hour now as GOP hard-liners dig in against a procedural vote to move ahead with consideration of extending a government surveillance law, a farm bill and a budget blueprint for a party-line immigration bill. GOP leaders have been seen huddling with holdouts on the House