By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
Updated
(The Center Square) – Of the 357 members of Congress who don’t want taxpayers to know which members have used taxpayer funds to pay sexual harassment claims, 32 are Texans, including nearly all of Texas Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
Free news from Congressman Cliff Bentz:Â This legislation includes funding for the Department of Defense (DOD); Financial Services and General Government (FSGG); the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; National Security; the Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP); and Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD).
(The Center Square) – Dozens of Republicans are demanding that the U.S. Senate take up House-passed legislation implementing election security reforms – and they’re willing to restructure filibuster rules to ensure it succeeds.Â
(The Center Square) – The U.S. House passed a critical government funding package along bipartisan lines in a nail-biter Tuesday vote, sending it to the president’s desk.
Free news: Hood River County Town Hall, 11 a.m. at the Mt. Hood Town Hall, 6575 Hwy 35, Mt. Hood; Wasco County Town Hall, 2 p.m. at the Mid-Columbia Senior Center, 1112 W. Ninth St., The Dalles.
(The Center Square) – Senate Republicans’ hopes of finishing the government funding process without incident were dashed over the weekend with a second fatal shooting of a protester in Minneapolis.Â
(The Center Square) – The ball is in the U.S. Senate’s court to avert a government shutdown Jan. 30, with six fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills signed into law and six more having passed the House.
(The Center Square) – Congress is racing to advance the last four federal spending bills through the House Rules Committee in time for a floor vote Thursday.Â
Free news: Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley — a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — today, Jan. 14, released the following statement after the Senate voted to block U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)’s War Powers Resolution aimed at stopping unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela.
