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Senators press spy agencies to focus on China’s technological advances
FBI director says no country "presents a more severe threat to our innovation, our economic security, and our democratic ideas" than China
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FBI director says no country "presents a more severe threat to our innovation, our economic security, and our democratic ideas" than China
President Biden has picked two experienced professionals for top cybersecurity posts with backgrounds in national security.
Christopher S. Eney, Officer Jacob J. Chestnut, Det. John M. Gibson and Sgt. Clinton J. Holtz.
Donald S. Beyer Jr. have pushed for years for a version of the legislation, which among other provisions would create grants for state and local governments to combat hate crimes.
Senators' plan to introduce legislation comes after Major League Baseball decided to move the 2021 All Star Game from Atlanta to Denver.
It’s even more problematic for fiscal 2022 appropriations, since there’s little chance Republicans in the 50-50 Senate will go along with Appropriations subcommittee allocations, known as 302(b)s,
Parliamentarian advisory on reconciliation instructions could possibly trigger more filibuster-proof legislative packages.
Fifty years and counting: The Atlantic takes a look at political-money reformer Fred Wertheimer, who’s spent five decades on the policy matter and is a “principal author” of Democrats’ HR 1/S 1 bill
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will outline a wide swath of changes to investing in the U.S. infrastructure system.
‘No clear path’ José Ceballos, a longtime chief lobbyist for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association who recently joined the lobby shop S-3 Group, said clients, taking their cues from Capitol
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats moved forward with their first hearing on a massive overhaul of election and campaign finance laws, known as S 1 (or HR 1 in the House).
Christopher S.
“One of the goals of S 1 will be a federal takeover of the election process,” said Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a former chair of the Rules panel.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, part of a bipartisan border delegation last Friday, have made similar calls for more transparency.
Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the news conference outside the Capitol to announce the introduction of S 1, the “For the People” Act, on Wednesday.
A former three-term senator from Florida, Nelson was a House member when he flew aboard the shuttle Columbia in 1986.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., offered the universal background checks proposal as one of four side-by-side amendments to an appropriations bill.
Christened as HR 1 and S 1, both have top symbolic priority in their respective chambers. And vulnerable Democrats, such as Georgia Sen.
Also being considered is a $2 trillion energy tax, raising the estate tax and potentially taking aim at small businesses and S corporations.
But attempts to link Puerto Rico’s status to D.C.’s quest for statehood all faded faster than the wave in a COVID-era stadium because those who care most about this issue — the people of Puerto Rico