Civic Topics for April 29 | Principle Civics

Senate panel clears Warsh for Fed chair 13-11. DOJ just closed its Powell probe.

The Senate Banking Committee cleared Kevin Warsh 13-11 to be the next Fed chair four days after DOJ dropped a probe into Powell. The full Senate is expected to confirm Warsh before Powell's May 15 term expires.

Apr 29

April 29

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CBO examines federal rural housing credit programs

Senate Judiciary vets 4 Trump district judge nominees

Interior budget seeks $2.3B cut and Forest Service transfer

Senate blocks vote to restore automatic 540-day work permits

HUD indefinitely delays HOME tenant protections and subsidy rules

Supreme Court weighs ending TPS for 356,000 Haitians and Syrians

SCOTUS guts VRA Section 2, opens redistricting to GOP

SCOTUS rules 9-0 for NJ pregnancy center in donor privacy case

House passes 3-year FISA 702 renewal 235-191, Senate next

Congress grills Zeldin over plan to cut EPA budget in half

Senate Veterans panel reviews 25 bills amid VA bed closures

House delays farm bill after E15 and pesticide revolt

Fed holds at 3.5–3.75% with 4 dissents, most since October 1992

DOJ and ATF release 34 gun rule changes after 14-month review

Senate panel clears Warsh for Fed chair 13-11. DOJ just closed its Powell probe.

DOGE cuts $2.5 billion in USDA grants for rural aid and research

House passes ICE funding blueprint 215-211

Senate blocks CRA bid to restore Colorado haze cleanup plan

House hearing examines First Amendment on college campuses

DOJ arrests 276 in global crypto scam center takedown

CBO scores China currency accountability bill at under $500K

House Oversight advances 9 anti-fraud payment bills

Pentagon puts Iran war cost at $25B as Hegseth battles Congress

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DOJ Civil Rights Division banned from disparate impact litigation