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The House passed its first fiscal 2024 spending bill Thursday, funding veterans benefits and military construction projects, by a razor-thin margin along party lines that signaled a troubled road ahead for the appropriations process.
The $317.4 billion Military Construction-VA bill, usually considered the least controversial of the 12 annual spending measures, passed on a 219-211 vote. Democrats marched in lockstep against the bill, saying it was chock-full of extremist policy riders and would cut military housing money needed by troops and their families.
House Republicans abandoned efforts to pass a spending bill to fund the Agriculture Department and the F.D.A. on Thursday before heading home for summer break, stymied by internal divisions over funding and social policy that threaten to make it impossible for them to avoid a shutdown in the fall.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) spoke on the House Floor denouncing Republicans’ hostage-taking of the federal budget to advance an extreme agenda at the expense of everyday Americans. Below is an excerpt of her remarks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on the second quarter GDP report:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on the second quarter GDP report:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):
“One hundred years ago, Congress first introduced the Equal Rights Amendment — a history-defying call to finally recognize all Americans, regardless of sex, as equal in our nation’s founding document. Yet, today, the rights of women and LGBTQIA+ Americans still lack explicit protections in the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after the House’s passage of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to highlight the contrast between Republicans’ extreme agenda and Democrats’ commitment to growing the economy by growing the middle class – especially by lowering costs and expanding veterans’ health care. Below are excerpts from her interview:
House Republicans united to narrowly pass major defense policy legislation on Friday that restricts the Pentagon policies on abortion access, medical care for transgender troops and diversity in a narrow vote.
But the many culture war provisions Republicans packed into the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act to win conservative votes are doomed in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The House is set to vote on Thursday on whether to limit abortion access, bar transgender services and end diversity training for military personnel, part of a series of major changes that hard-right Republicans are seeking to the annual defense policy bill, including yanking U.S. aid to Ukraine.