Senate Approves Bill To Combat Sex Trafficking Of Minors

The Senate on Thursday passed a bill (S 2925) that would assist minors who are victims of sex trafficking and provide state and local grants aimed at bringing offenders to court, CQ Today reports…

Senate Democrats Considering Recess Appointments For Obama Nominees

Faced with the loss of a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate, congressional Democrats on Thursday began to discuss using recess appointments to advance some of President Obama’s stalled nominees, such as Dawn Johnsen, who has twice been nominated to head the Office of Legal Councel at the Department of Justice, CQ Today reports…

Obama To Re-Nominate Johnsen To Head DOJ Office Of Legal Counsel

President Obama plans to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen as his choice for the head of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel after the Senate failed to take action on her nomination last year, according to a White House official, CQ Today reports (Perine, CQ Today, 1/7)…

Senate Approves FY 2010 Omnibus Spending Bill

The Senate on Sunday approved a $446.8 billion omnibus spending bill (HR 3288) that combines six of the seven remaining fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills, CQ Today reports…

Appropriations Chairs Weigh Small Omnibus Combining HHS, Other Spending Bills

The fiscal year 2010 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill (HR 3293) will likely be rolled into a small omnibus package with other remaining appropriations bills to allow quick passage by the end of the calendar year, CQ Today reports. While the House has passed all 12 of its bills, the Senate has passed only seven and has five remaining.

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