Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday the increase is enough to last into 2023.
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Lawmakers kill measure that would have required women to register for the Selective Service
Congressional negotiators nixed a provision that would have required women to sign up for the Selective Service and any future military drafts.
House passes agreement on deal to allow Democrats to address debt ceiling
The agreement would create a one-time process to allow Senate Democrats to raise the debt ceiling on their own without fear of a GOP filibuster.
Women would be required to register with the Selective Service if this amendment becomes law
A congressional amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to see women register in case of a military draft has mostly bipartisan support.
Kevin McCarthy speech lasts into the wee hours, pushing back House vote on Biden’s Build Back Better bill
The House moved the vote on Biden’s Build Back Better bill to Friday after it was delayed Thursday by a long floor speech by Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
Child care, climate change and $1.2 trillion worth of other initiatives face a Halloween deadline. Here’s where we are.
Democrats still differ over what to strip out of Biden’s budget bill, which is likely to be much smaller than the initial $3.5 trillion Biden pitched.
House votes to hold former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress
Speaker Nancy Pelosi will now recommend the contempt charge to the Justice Department, who has final say on whether to prosecute Steve Bannon.
The Jan. 6 committee will vote to hold Bannon in contempt. Here’s what we know
Bannon served a prominent role in Donald Trump’s first campaign, then in the White House. Trump and Bannon stayed in touch ahead of the Capitol riot.
Democrats and Republicans want the debt ceiling raised: So why the delay on Capitol Hill?
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are clashing not only over how to solve the debt ceiling, but who should do it.
Senate Democrats unveil new voting rights bill in latest effort to bring federal rules to elections
The Freedom to Vote Act is more scaled back than previous pieces of voting rights legislation, would establish federally mandated election rules.