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Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

20 août 2025 à 14:52
Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Senator Patty Murray of Washington joined other Appropriations Committee members in a letter to Russell T. Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to protest his decision to not spend nearly $3 billion in emergency funds.
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Redistricting Push Would Further Divide a Polarized Congress

17 août 2025 à 05:00
Many state delegations are already under single-party control. New maps could tighten the partisan grip while decreasing the importance of general elections.

© Sergio Flores/Reuters

Lawmakers gathered on the Texas House floor on Friday during a special session after Democrats had left the state in protest of redistricting efforts.

Environmental Leader Laments Loss of Bipartisanship on Climate Issues

10 août 2025 à 05:00
Gene Karpinski, who retired from leading the League of Conservation Voters after two decades, said the group that once backed G.O.P. candidates now finds it difficult to do so.

© Daniel Brenner for The New York Times

Lake Dillon, in Summit County, Colo., this summer.

Senate Heads for a ‘Nuclear’ Showdown on Trump Nominees

8 août 2025 à 09:32
Republicans say they are preparing to impose rules changes to speed confirmations after Democrats thwarted them before Congress headed into recess.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Triggering a rules change through majority muscle is known in the Senate as going nuclear because of the extreme partisan nature of such a move.
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