Mary Gay Scanlon: “The most straightforward way to address this funding gap is to raise the Passenger Facility Charge and index it to…”

In January when House and Senate Republicans punted once again on passing a budget and instead passed a continuing resolution, they forgot to include the funding to operate the District of Columbia. The Senate moved to rectify that mistake…

We all enjoy the extra hour or so of sunlight in the summer, but when people are considering this, they need to consider the extra hours of darkness in the winter.

So we have the situation where people are being jailed and then forced to work essentially for free to maintain basic sanitation, food, etc.

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 2753, the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, which will prevent the Republican budget from cutting Medicaid or SNAP benefits. Mr. Speaker, this week…