Nina Heller

1 month ago | union-bulletin.com | Nina Heller

WASHINGTON — The Senate didn’t muster enough votes to carry a stablecoin bill across a procedural hurdle Thursday, leaving in limbo a bill that only two months ago found bipartisan support in the Senate Banking Committee. The 48-49 cloture vote on whether to proceed to the bill came after Democrats decided that bill sponsor Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., didn’t go far enough to satisfy them in the revised bill he released on May 1.

1 month ago | arcamax.com | Nina Heller

WASHINGTON — The Senate didn’t muster enough votes to carry a stablecoin bill across a procedural hurdle Thursday, leaving in limbo a bill that only two months ago found bipartisan support in the Senate Banking Committee. The 48-49 cloture vote on whether to proceed to the bill came after Democrats decided that bill sponsor Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., didn’t go far enough to satisfy them in the revised bill he released on May 1.

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Nina Heller

When Rep. Linda T. Sánchez had her son in 2009, she planned to spend a month with her baby before returning to Congress. It didn’t work out that way. Still recovering from a cesarean section, the California Democrat was needed for votes on the House floor two weeks after giving birth. And when the House Ways and Means Committee started marking up the 2010 health care law soon after, she sat in meetings that stretched late into the night, using a nearby office to breastfeed. By the time Rep.

2 months ago | news-journal.com | Justin Papp |Nina Heller

WASHINGTON — In a rebuke of House leadership, a small group of Republicans on Tuesday joined Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to reject a rule on the House floor and clear the way for a renewed effort to allow recent parents to vote by proxy. “Today is a pretty historical day for the entire conference,” the Florida Republican said immediately following the vote. “It’s showing that the body has decided that parents deserve a voice in Washington.”Asked about her message to GOP leadership, Rep.

2 months ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Justin Papp |Nina Heller

WASHINGTON - In a rebuke of House leadership, a small group of Republicans on Tuesday joined Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to reject a rule on the House floor and clear the way for a renewed effort to allow recent parents to vote by proxy. "Today is a pretty historical day for the entire conference," the Florida Republican said immediately following the vote. "It's showing that the body has decided that parents deserve a voice in Washington."