The House Ethics Committee on Friday said it launched an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, the embattled Florida Republican who is facing a federal sex-trafficking investigation.



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President Joe Biden signaled his commitment to addressing racial disparities Friday, putting equity front and center in his fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request.“The moment has come for the nation to deal with systemic racism and to ensure the promise of America is finally and fully open to all — not just some — Americans,” reads the 58-page document from the Office of Management and Budget.

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Trump’s budget didn’t mention race. Biden’s budget aims to undo systemic racism - Roll Call

The White House on Friday unveiled a $1.52 trillion discretionary spending request for the coming fiscal year that would pump billions of additional dollars into education, health care and environmental protection while essentially holding the line on defense spending.The Biden administration’s first budget request is designed to begin reversing nearly a decade of “broad disinvestment” in nondefense discretionary spending that

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The Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 defense budget request would eliminate the so-called Overseas Contingency Operations account, a seemingly bottomless box of money that had become emblematic of Washington’s fiscal flimflammery.

Analysis: Biden ends abuse-prone overseas military budgets - Roll Call

The Biden administration underscored its focus on climate change in the first glimpse of its budget proposal, calling for tens of billions of dollars in new spending from Congress and framing the warming planet as a pervasive threat that seeps into daily life in myriad ways.Released Friday, President Joe Biden’s budget request for $1.

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The Biden administration on Friday released its wish list for discretionary spending for fiscal 2022. The proposal would boost nondefense spending by 16 percent and defense spending by 1.7 percent over current funding levels. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss the details of the plan, the winners and the losers.

Boosting domestic spending - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s departure from the principle of “parity” in his first budget request — or equal increases in defense and nondefense discretionary spending — signals a rocky road ahead for next year’s appropriations bills.Biden ended up blessing slightly more than a 1.5 percent increase for the Pentagon in the budget outline the White House will unveil later on Friday, while domestic and foreign aid agencies on average would see larger boos…

Parties ready for battle over Biden's fiscal 2022 spending plan - Roll Call

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is aiming for July 4th for House action on President Biden’s infrastructure package, CNN reports.



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