January 12

This week in MORE POWER:
New Tax Legislation
Avoiding a Partial Government Shutdown
Keeping America Online
Blocked House Votes
Biden Nominates More Judges

New Tax Legislation

Congress is working on a bipartisan tax deal that could include a low-income housing tax credit and a child tax credit similar to what families received during the pandemic, which could mean as much as $250 per child, per month. The new law would retroactively apply to 2023, so negotiators want to pass it before January 29- when the IRS starts to accept last year’s tax returns. Have a view on this that you would like to share?

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Avoiding a Partial Government Shutdown

Programs that fall under the Agriculture, Military Construction-VA, Transportation-HUD, and Energy and Water budget bills will run out of money on Friday. Votes on the bills have stalled because hard right Republicans don't want to accept the bipartisan agreement on topline 2024 budget numbers agreed to by Congressional leadership and the White House. They want more cuts across the board. In order to keep the programs going, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-NY) set a vote for next week on a continuing resolution to provide temporary funding until March. House leadership has not said how they will move forward from here.

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Keeping America Online

A bipartisan group in Congress wants to renew funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is set to run out of money in the spring. The Affordable Connectivity Program Act would ensure that program continues to provide a $30 monthly internet service discount to low-income households.

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Blocked House Votes

On Wednesday, House conservatives blocked all legislative votes in protest of the bipartisan agreement on topline 2024 budget numbers. Desiring more budget cuts, hard-right members prevented votes on bipartisan bills like the No Russian Agriculture Act, which would move America away from purchasing Russian grain and fertilizer in response to Russian threats to global food security due to their invasion of Ukraine.

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Biden Nominates More Judges

This week, the Biden administration put forward six more federal judges for confirmation by the Senate, bringing the total number of judges nominated to 215: