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With the House scheduled to approve its FY 2013 continuing resolution (HR 933) on March 6, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is providing hints about her panel's upcoming actions. The House measure provides level funding, minus sequestration cuts, for non-defense pro...
The House passes the Senate's version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization (S 47) by a 286-138 margin, sending the measure to President Obama for his signature. House Republicans aren't enamored by the measure due to several controversial provisions, but 87 join Democrats to mov...
Domestic Violence Reauthorization moves in Congress: The Senate is close to passing its version of the Violence against Women Act reauthorization (S 47). The measure includes a controversial provision that gives tribal authorities the right to prosecute non-Native Americans accused of domestic viol...
Debt Ceiling Default averted: The House passes a measure (HR 325) by a vote of 285-144 margin to extend until May 19 the federal government's $16.4 billion debt ceiling. The Senate is expected to pass the measure soon. President Obama has said he will sign the measure. The deal will avert a default...
As Congress returns this week for its final pre-election session of the 111th Congress, the toxic partisan environment threatens to strangle a majority of the bills still pending on Capitol Hill, including measures to reform child nutrition and education funding. President Obama and the Democrats ...
Justice Dept. (DOJ) grants managers are lackadaisical in documenting post-visit remedial actions for some of the $1.2 billion in funds the department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has awarded over the past two years, says a new Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
A new bill that would increase funding for adoptions and help children with special needs to move from foster care to placement in safe, permanent homes is set for a vote Friday before the Senate Finance Committee, said bill sponsor Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley urged congressional leaders t...
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secy. Alphonso Jackson will step down as the nation's chief housing officer on April 18, HUD says. Jackson's departure comes amid charges of favoritism involving HUD contractors. Last month, Sens. Patty Murray, (D-WA) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) in a le...
Scandals are having an impact on Republican efforts in Congress and at the White House, but congressional staffers say the shake-up may be good for several funding programs at the Justice, Interior and Veteran's Affairs (VA) Depts.After months of congressional calls for his resignation, Attorney Gen...
During the August recess, nonprofits need to take advantage of the lull in activity on Capitol Hill to get to know or improve their relationships with congressional members, staffers tell FAM.Staffers say congressional members always are pleased to hear from the nonprofits in their districts and sta...
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