Democrats will try to bring to the floor a set of bills intended to protect women’s health and reproductive freedom, knowing they will be blocked by Republicans.
House Republicans are pushing to pass measures with spending levels below those agreed to in the debt limit compromise, infuriating Democrats and raising the prospect of a shutdown this fall.
The Senate voted to upend a rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental and social factors in their investments, in defiance of a White House veto threat.
For the first time, the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are all women, as is the top White House budget official. Can they avert a fiscal disaster? They’re determined to try.