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Two congressional members of the Problem Solvers Caucus spoke about bipartisanship at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' winter meeting in Washington, DC. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), chair of the caucus, and Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) focused on opportunities for both parties to work with the nation’s mayors to get things done for the American people.
(CNN) — With government funding slated to run out September 30, the leaders of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus told CNN on Sunday that “all options are on the table” to force a vote on their alternative stopgap plan to avert a shutdown.
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives late on Wednesday announced they had embraced a framework for legislation providing stopgap funds to avert government shutdowns starting on Oct. 1.
Without prompt action by Congress, existing money to fully operate a vast array of federal programs expires at midnight Sept. 30 with the end of the current fiscal year.
For months, far-right House Republicans have been demanding deeper cuts in federal spending than agreed to in bipartisan legislation this summer.
A bipartisan group of House members that’s played a role in brokering recent legislative deals plans to work on a proposal to beef up an existing tax credit for families with young children.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers released an outline Wednesday for raising the debt ceiling, providing a competing option to the emerging Republican-only plan.
On a bitterly cold night 14 months ago, an obstreperous Democratic congressman from New Jersey was sitting in the Capitol hideaway of House Democrats’ heir apparent, talking about trying to do the impossible.
The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, which is co-chaired by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), on Tuesday called on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to bring up legislation for a vote that addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, and trade, among other matters.
The Problem Solvers Caucus is a bipartisan group in the House of Representatives made up of both Republicans and Democrats. The caucus attempts to find common ground on key policy issues.
Most recently, their focus was on a pair of bills aimed at increasing funds to police departments: the Invest to Protect Act and the COPS on the beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act.
A bipartisan pair of congressmen are calling on the Biden administration and their respective leaders in Congress to address seven "commonsense" policy priorities that have received support from both Republicans and Democrats.