...the House moves toward expected votes on the emergency spending package.The base $17 billion bill by the House Appropriations Committee is aimed at immediate Sandy recovery needs, including $5.4 billion for New York and New Jersey transit...

...to fund this new policy." Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., sent a letter House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers asking that every appropriations bill expressly prohibit any funds to be used for implementing...

...had signed a protest letter to Rep. Joe Skeen, R-N.M., chairman of the Interior subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. The letter was written by Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. Amy Inaba, spokeswoman for Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska...

...had signed a protest letter to Rep. Joe Skeen, R-N.M., chairman of the Interior subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. The letter was written by Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. Amy Inaba, spokeswoman for Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska...

...Senate. ''It's got a large amount of support on the Senate side,'' John Scofield, spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee, told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who recently lost chairmanship of the...