There’s a long way to go, but the United States House of Representatives is taking critical steps toward the eventual passage of the fiscal year 2025 spending bills, an effort being led by U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the new chairman of the House ...

Rep. Tom Cole secured the House Republican Conference’s backing Wednesday morning to become the next Appropriations Committee chairman, elevating the 11th-term Oklahoma lawmaker to one of Capitol Hill’s most influential — and toughest — positions.

WASHINGTON (KFOR) — On Friday, U.S. Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) announced his candidacy for Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. “I have served on the Appropriations Committee for quite some time, beginning in January of 2009,” Cole said.

Michigan House Appropriations Committee Chair Ann Bollin, D-Brighton Township, says Republicans are reexamining the way a budget is done, starting with a new process last year that took some time.

The Colorado Senate Appropriations committee passed two tax incentives aimed at job growth and childcare Thursday, along with a contentious $140 million healthcare funding bill.

Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma has been selected as one of seven projects to advance to the Senate Appropriations Committee for inclusion in the Agriculture and Rural Development appropriations bill as part of U.