Mitchell Miller
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Appropriators on Capitol Hill have a busy week this week. The first official week of summer. For one thing, House members are marking up the 2023 defense budget. And taking up the defense authorization bill.
June 21, 2022 -
We get the latest about what's going on at Capitol Hill from WTOP's Congressional Correspondent Mitchell Miller.
June 06, 2022 -
The Department of Health and Human Services has some new authorities to hopefully help resolve the nationwide shortage of baby formula.
May 23, 2022 -
Could an overturn of Roe vs. Wade affect the federal workforce? WTOP Capitol Hill reporter Mitchell Miller explained on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 09, 2022 -
Ukraine and keeping aid flowing to that country, it's one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill.
April 25, 2022 -
Congress is on recess this week, which may be a good thing with COVID making its ugly appearance in both chambers. And that's why maybe a $10 billion COVID package will be high on the agenda when members return.
April 11, 2022 -
The great flywheel of appropriations gets a big shove today with release of the administration's 2023 budget request, six months before fiscal 2023 actually starts.
March 28, 2022 -
Congress, as it does every year, crammed a lot of spending when it whipped up that so called omnibus appropriations bill.
March 14, 2022 -
It's up to the Senate now to vote on a way to avoid a lapse in appropriations Friday, when the current continuing resolution ends. It's not exactly a route to full 2022 appropriations, but its not disaster.
February 14, 2022 -
Everyone is in a tizzy over the Supreme Court vacancy but the outcome is fairly predictable. More uncertain is what they'll do about the federal budget.
January 31, 2022 -
Members will resume budget talks that started late last week, which is encouraging given that the continuing resolution deadline is just a month away.
January 18, 2022 -
Even Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying the gigantic so called Build Back Better legislation won't happen in 2021. They'll be back with it next year.
December 20, 2021 -
The continuing resolution for funding the government runs until February 18.
December 06, 2021 -
The debt ceiling is looming closer and the government shutdown is only a couple of weeks away. And the mask mandate continues to roil Congress.
November 22, 2021 -
Congress is out this week and the regular appropriations continuing resolution hasn't got much longer to go. Is a year long CR in the offing?
November 08, 2021