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The House adopted a rule for floor debate on the debt ceiling and spending curbs package after Democrats flooded in to keep the measure on track at the last minute.
The rule vote sets up the bill to pass Wednesday night as Congress faces a June 5 deadline to lift the nation's $31.4 trillion borrowing cap. Republican leaders ultimately lost 29 of their members on the procedural vote and the rule looked set to go down as the gavel was about to fall.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) took to the House floor to call out Republican hypocrisy for refusing to engage in truly bipartisan negotiations over their manufactured debt ceiling crisis.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule all fentanyl-related substances (FRS) into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act – something Congress has been doing on a temporary basis for years:
The American Bankers Association sent a letter today to Reps.
BOLINGBROOK, IL – Pace was thrilled to welcome Congressman Bill Foster, Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, and Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta to celebrate Community Project Funding secured by the Congressman to create a passenger waiting area at the agency’s Old Chicago (Bolingbrook) Park-n-Ride, offering riders a more comfortable place to wait for the bus.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act, which would allow states to be awarded grants through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in order to expand prevention efforts and evidence-based treatments, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
Members of Congress who represent parts of Lake County — three of the four are new since January — are making their services more accessible with help from a variety of cooperative organizations and the internet.
Along with his Lincolnshire district office, U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, has weekly office hours in Waukegan and Round Lake Park, as well as multiple dates set aside in three other parts of the county from Deerfield to Zion to Fox Lake.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman French Hill (R-AR) introduced a resolution to encourage collaboration between the public and private sector to promote financial literacy for students. The resolution also emphasizes the importance of financial literacy for consumers of all ages and supports the efforts of federal agencies to expand financial education resources.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 2:
“There’s no denying that we need to address the crisis at our southern border, and rank-and-file lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize the need and potential to pass a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform package. However, today’s vote made it clear that Republican leadership is more interested in forcing a vote on a partisan stunt than finding real solutions to our broken immigration system.
A Democratic representative laid into witnesses during Wednesday’s joint hearing on crypto regulation, arguing that there is no way to effectively regulate crypto markets when they are subject to such “massive market manipulation.”
House Financial Services Committee member Bill Foster, D-Illi., argued that wash trading cannot be controlled without establishing federally-regulated “traceable digital identities” for all wallets and users.