House Rules Committee, DHS bill and government shutdown
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The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet late Monday afternoon to tee up legislation to end the partial government shutdown. House Democrats over the weekend declined to commit to providing
Under the plan approved by the Senate, DHS would be funded temporarily to Feb. 13, setting up a deadline for Congress to find consensus restricting ICE operations.
The House rules committee is considering the deal the Senate passed on Friday, separating the Department of Homeland Security and providing just two weeks of funding. This will allow lawmakers to negotiate reforms to ICE in the wake of the deadly shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis.
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Just a few months after the record-breaking government shutdown, another partial one has hit its fourth day on Feb. 3.
A package of bills allowing farmers to sell raw milk directly to customers is one step closer to a vote on the Michigan House floor, after members of the House Government Operations Committee referred the packages to the Committee on Rules.
Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The House Ethics subcommittee said its investigation substantiated the charges in a criminal indictment facing the Democratic politician.