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Published: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and ranking member Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) are against proposed spending cuts for the Army Corps of Engineers. Francis Chung/E&E News House appropriators called on President Biden yesterday to reverse his proposed funding cuts for the Army Corps of Engineers at a virtual hearing that...

Leidos Holdings Inc (LDOS) Q1 2021 Earnings Call Transcript Motley Fool Transcribers © The Motley Fool Logo of jester cap with thought bubble. Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE: LDOS) Popular Searches Operator Greetings. Welcome to the Leidos First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will no...

PITTSFIELD — A new diversity, equity and inclusion officer. Sustainable funding for an early childhood education program. The expansion of prekindergarten for every elementary school. Those are among the highlights of a $67.9 million budget approved Wednesday by the Pittsfield School Committee for the coming fiscal year. The spending figure requires City Council approval during the city budget process next month, and it reflects an increase of about $3.4 million over the current year â€�...

Stafford’s Board of Supervisors adopted its Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Fiscal Year 2022–31 Capital Improvement Program. The FY2022 Budget takes effect on July 1, 2021, and includes a tax rate of $0.97 and a personal property tax rate of $6.10. Before this meeting, the Board of Supervisors did vote to advertise the real estate tax rate at $1.01, per the County Administrator’s Proposed Budget. Federal funding for COVID impacts through the American Rescue Plan Act and increases in the Gener...

House Passes Eight Health Care Bills House Members Divided on Fentanyl Analogue Scheduling Rep. Kevin Brady to Retire Senate Bipartisan Bill Would Require Cost-Free Breast Cancer Diagnostic Tests Senators Ask HHS Secretary Becerra to Enforce Hospital Price Transparency Rule Administration HHS Secretary Becerra Approves Illinois Waiver for One-Year Postpartum Coverage HHS to Roll Back Title X “Gag Rule” HHS Secretary Becerra Confirms That Department Will Have Feedback Process on Surprise Bil...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House will take up the DC statehood bill (H.R. 51), the NO BAN Act (H.R. 1333), which would prohibit religious discrimination in immigration-related decisions, and the Access to Counsel Act of 2021 (H.R. 1573), which would require lawyers to be given to migrants in danger of deportation. The Senate will consider the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S. 937), which addresses the increase of ...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are back in session this week. The House is set to consider the Paycheck Fairness Act this week (H.R. 7), which would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to promote equal pay for men and women performing the same job, and they will also consider the Senate’s amendment on the bill to extend the current moratorium on the Medicare sequester (H.R. 1868). Outside of the bills scheduled for floor action, Democrats...

Progressive Caucus Chair Jayapal Calls for Cutting Pentagon Budget After Biden Proposes Increase On 4/11/21 at 3:54 PM EDT Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has called for cutting the Defense Department budget after President Joe Biden proposed an increase. The Biden administration released its fiscal year 2022 budget request on Friday, calling for $715 billion to go to the Pentagon. While its not guaranteed that the amount ...

The Pentagon’s pivot away from the Middle East and toward China will soon face its first major test: the massive budget request the department is set to submit to Congress this spring.

Missouri lawmakers to begin vetting Parson’s $34.1B budget request by John Haughey, The Center Square  | January 29, 2021 07:00 PM Print this article After delivering his State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson Wednesday released his $34.1 billion Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget request that calls upon state lawmakers to fully fund Medicaid expansion. Parson’s FY22 budget request trims $1.1 billion in overall spending from the current year’s spendin...