Key Senate panel approves $250 million for election security
The House has passed significantly broader election security legislation, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell opposes the measure and has discouraged the Senate Rules Committee from acting on a companion bill.
Congress’ latest funding fight, explained
Congress needs to reach a spending deal in the next few days to avoid another government shutdown.
What would it take to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure?
Can Congress pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill in 2018?…
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Averting shutdown, budget stopgap sets up Congress for bigger fight
Congress passed a bill to extend funding until December, hours before the deadline for a possible government shutdown. But the sharply divided vote in the House only seems to set up a potentially bigger fight later on. Political director Lisa…
As the recession squeezed state budgets, the Obama administration made college affordability one of its signature issues, often pointing out that while average tuition at public universities rose 300 percent in the last 30 years, the average family’s income rose…
Education programs will receive large funding boosts as part of the new bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in January.
LaHood, Rendell make bipartisan push to revitalize America's infrastructure…
Avoiding provisions that sharply divide the two parties, budget negotiators reached a deal to fund the government for two years. Kwame Holman reports on reaction to the deal. Judy Woodruff talks to Steven Rattner of Willett Advisors, Douglas Holtz-Eakin of…
Underfunded and outgunned Free Syrian Army faces additional enemies…
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