Sentences with phrase «congressional leaders boosted»

Instead, the $ 1.3 trillion budget bill passed by congressional leaders boosted the block grant program's funding by $ 305 million.

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WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

He appeared, along with Democratic congressional leaders, at a joint fundraiser Wednesday on the sidelines of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., for Priorities USA, House Majority PAC and Majority PAC, which boosts Democratic Senate candidates.

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

Less than two weeks before winning the Democratic primary in the 24th Congressional District, Colleen Deacon received a boost from the leader of the House Democratic Conference.

The strategy continued into 2017, reports Elana Schor in Politico, when «All but four of the Senate's 48 Democrats [in December] warned congressional GOP leaders against pursuing a government funding plan that would boost defense spending for the rest of the fiscal year while leaving domestic priorities at current levels... Some Senate Democrats began pushing back... as House conservatives pitched Republican leaders on a full - year hike for the Pentagon paired with a continuing resolution for domestic programs.»

Washington — Leaders of a congressional effort to boost embryonic stem - cell research will huddle soon to develop strategies for passing their bill around President Bush's promised veto.

NEA receives $ 2m boost in funding US cultural organisations have expressed relief after congressional leaders reached an agreement that will increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts by $ 2m, reports the LA Times.