Sentences with phrase «congressional debate on a bill»

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The Wall Street Journal also reported that prior to Equifax's data breach disclosure on Thursday, a congressional panel was debating a proposed bill that would lower the fines credit - monitoring companies receive when they issue flawed credit reports for their customers.

The bill, which is likely to become a flash point in the debate over the federal debt, would raise $ 40 billion worth in additional revenue, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation.

As congressional debate bogged down over an array of spending and philosophical issues late last week, it appeared that the House and the Senate would not vote on their education spending bills until this week.

On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, I examine the debate between congressional Democrats, President Barack Obama and centrist Democrat school reformers over the edujobs bill.

The letter is aimed at influencing Congressional debate on several energy and climate bills, Dr. Hoffert explained in a note circulated in October to drum up supporters.

Better known by its catchy acronym, the Cloud Act, the law was tacked on to the 2,232 - page, US$ 1.3 - trillion omnibus budget bill one day ahead of its vote and was signed into law by President Donald Trump without the benefit of the usual congressional scrutiny, hearings or significant public debate.