Build Back Better Act

Chuck Schumer

That omnibus bill maybe should be called the omni-train, gravy train

Congress, as it does every year, crammed a lot of spending when it whipped up that so called omnibus appropriations bill.

Congress

FILE - The Capitol is seen at sunrise, in Washington, Oct. 15, 2021. Republicans aiming to retake the Senate majority entered this election year with a favorable political climate. But after a series of recent failures to encourage centrist Republicans to run, the pressure is on the GOP to make sure that the party doesn't shift so far to the right that they risk losing otherwise winnable races. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

It’s a weird time in Congress with a war going on in Europe

Congress

House Democrats press USPS to make bigger commitment on electric vehicles

Agency Oversight

Alex Padilla, Chuck Schumer, Raphael Warnock, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar

Justice Breyer might have just caused the continuing resolution to stretch out

Congress

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS takes steps to avoid tax return processing delays as filing season starts

Agency Oversight

Congress looks to next year to take up where it’ll leave off this year

Congress

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

OMB warns of hiring freeze, funding gaps, if Congress pursues full-year continuing resolution

Budget

This May 4, 2021, photo shows a sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s IRS spending plan makes it through Build Back Better Act framework

Budget