S. 86 aims to repeal the law that automatically increases the salaries of Members of Congress. Introduced by Mr. Scott from Florida, this bill proposes to remove the section of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 that provides these automatic pay adjustments. The bill...
Imagine a rule where every year, Congress gets a little more money just because the rule says so. This bill wants to stop that and make sure they don't automatically get raises anymore.
The resolution, S. RES. 59, authorizes the Committee on Environment and Public Works to spend money on various activities from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. The committee is allowed to make expenditures, employ staff, and use the services of government staff with...
The resolution lets a group in the Senate spend money to do their work with some limits but not a lot of rules on how or how much, which might mean they aren’t careful about spending.
S. RES. 65 is a resolution that allows the Committee on the Judiciary in the U.S. Senate to spend money from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The committee can use funds from the Senate's contingent fund to pay for staff, consultants, and training under certain limits....
The bill lets a special group in the U.S. Senate spend money for things like paying helpers and buying supplies from 2025 to 2027, but some worry it's not clear enough on how much they can spend or how it's checked.
The Senate Resolution (S. RES. 94) authorizes various Senate committees to spend money for their functions from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. It outlines the total allowable expenditures for committees like Agriculture, Armed Services, Banking, and others, distributing funds over...
The Senate wants to let its different groups spend money to do their jobs between 2025 and 2027, but some people worry that the rules about spending money are not clear enough, which might lead to problems like spending too much money or not being fair.
S. RES. 94 authorizes the United States Senate committees to spend certain amounts of money during specific periods from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. It allocates funding for various committees such as Agriculture, Armed Services, Banking, and Intelligence, among others, to cover...
S. RES. 94 is like a big money plan for different teams in the Senate so they can do their work, like having meetings and researching important topics, from 2025 to 2027. It makes sure they have enough funds, but also some people worry it might not explain clearly how that money will be spent.
S. RES. 82 is a resolution from the Senate authorizing the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to spend money from the Senate's funds for specific purposes. These expenditures cover operational costs, including hiring staff and using services from government...
The bill is like giving a big piggy bank to a group in the Senate to help them pay for things they need, like hiring helpers and learning new skills, but it doesn't always say exactly how they should spend it, which can be a little tricky.
S. RES. 63 authorizes the Committee on Finance to spend money, hire staff, and use government personnel with permission from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The resolution details specific financial limits for different time periods within this span and outlines...
The bill lets a group of grown-ups in charge of money things plan how much they can spend from March 2025 to February 2027, like hiring helpers and buying supplies, but there are questions about whether they have enough rules to make sure they spend wisely.
The resolution S. RES. 70 authorizes the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the U.S. Senate to spend money and hire staff between March 1, 2025, and February 28, 2027, for its activities like holding hearings and making investigations. The resolution sets specific...
The bill S. RES. 70 lets a group in the U.S. Senate spend money and hire people to help them do their work from March 2025 to February 2027. They have set amounts of money they can use each year, and there are some concerns about how they track spending, like making sure they use the money responsibly and hire people fairly.
The bill H. R. 7593, known as the “Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act,” aims to enhance the Congressional Research Service's (CRS) authority to obtain information directly from federal agencies. It amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of...
The bill H. R. 7593 is about making it easier for a special library that helps Congress, called the Congressional Research Service, to borrow books and get important information from other parts of the government, like how you can ask your big sister to help you find a book at the library faster.
H. R. 7593 aims to strengthen the ability of the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to directly obtain information from federal government agencies. The bill permits the Director to access books, records, and other data directly from various executive...
The bill wants to let the boss of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) get information directly from different government branches, but they have to keep it a secret just like the original place did. This is to help them do their job better, but some people are worried it might not be safe enough or have strong enough rules, and it's not clear what happens if someone breaks the rules.
H.R. 7593, titled the "Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act," aims to give the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) more power to collect information directly from federal agencies. The bill amends a section of the Legislative Reorganization Act...
The bill wants to help make sure that the person in charge of a special library for Congress can get important information from the government more easily. This will help them do their job better, but there need to be careful rules so nobody shares secret stuff they're not supposed to.
H.R. 7561, also known as the “No Pay Until Peace Act,” proposes to reduce the pay of Members of Congress whenever a mass shooting occurs in the United States. The bill stipulates that for each month a mass shooting takes place, Congressional pay for that year will be...
The No Pay Until Peace Act says that whenever a big, bad event happens where people get hurt by guns in the US, the people in charge (like Congress) will get paid less money for that year. Their paychecks will be saved up until later to make sure they still follow the rules about how they get paid.
H. R. 7593 aims to strengthen the authority of the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) by allowing direct access to necessary information from federal government agencies. This would enable the CRS to acquire various forms of data, such as books, records, and...
H. R. 7593 is trying to make it so the Director of a group called the Congressional Research Service can ask for and get information from parts of the government more easily, just like checking out a book from a library. This way, they can learn and help others understand things better, but they still need to keep all the secrets safe, just like the people who work at those government parts do.
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