Policy · 116th Congress
States OK blockchain ‘smart contracts’ but buy-in is uncertain
While the technology is new, the basic idea has been likened to that of vending machines: Putting money in a machine obligates the machine to dispense the candy.
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White House · 116th Congress
White House budget plan has Secret Service back under Treasury
The president’s fiscal 2021 budget blueprint assumes the transfer of the Secret Service back to its traditional home within the Treasury Department.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the Week: Trump acquitted and SOTU
This week the historic impeachment of President Donald Trump came to an end a day after the rip-roaring State of the Union.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: Is Iowa over yet?
Although the chaos around the presidential results dominated the news, Iowa’s congressional candidates also got in on the caucus action, using the gatherings to do some early organizing.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Senators try to punt their way out of trouble and Trump’s line of fire
But with the Super Bowl not a week in the rearview mirror, it would be impossible to ignore the concept of the punt — getting out of a tough situation by moving the ball as far as possible toward the opponent
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump scales down once-grand infrastructure ambitions
“Instead of just taking the Senate bill, why don’t we at least try?” he said in an interview Wednesday. “I’m still confident we can have a bipartisan infrastructure agreement.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Like McCain before him, Romney rebukes President Trump
The greatest rebukes of Donald Trump’s presidency from the Republican side of the aisle have come from the two previous standard-bearers for the GOP. When Utah Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment news roundup: Feb. 5
“The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the President committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a ‘high crime and misdemeanor.’
White House · 116th Congress
To write a State of the Union for Clinton, you had to do math
“President Clinton was always working, he was up,” Gottheimer said in an interview last week, pointing to the framed page.
White House · 116th Congress
State of the Union: An impeached president goes before his accusers
The spectacle, also coming one night after the Iowa caucuses officially kicked off the Democratic presidential contest, provides the president the opportunity to do in person what his aides and surrogates
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Lobbyists donate to presidential contenders, who then reject it
Some of the K Street cash has already been refunded to the contributors, lobbyists told CQ Roll Call.
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment news roundup: Feb. 3
The Ukrainians and Europeans are watching whether the Senate will be constant to the principles the United States was founded on, Jeffries told the senators.
Congress · 116th Congress
HHS cheers overdose drop but urges states to cap Medicaid
The White House announced the first decline in overdose deaths since the earliest days of the opioid crisis and attributed it to administration actions, even as officials simultaneously said they would
Congress · 116th Congress
Impeachment news roundup: Jan. 31
“In my view, they kind of leave themselves open to a lot of criticism,” Kelly said of Senate Republicans in an interview with NJ Advance Media.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Print or online? New GPO director Hugh Halpern is a publishing ‘agnostic’
“This office is huge,” he said in an interview last week in the spacious director’s suite at the GPO’s facility on North Capitol Street.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
EMILY’s List ‘hyper-focused’ on Senate elections in 2020
While the presidential race will dominate the 2020 cycle, EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock is imploring Democratic voters to recognize the importance of flipping the Senate, especially because
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
He was ‘Mr. Foreign Aid’
They actually relied on the Shia to warn them that there’s a truck bomb at the end of the runway.
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump’s Mideast peace plan puts pro-Israel Democrats in a bind
One implication of such a decision is the possibility of a lasting break between the Israeli government and Democratic lawmakers, who now hold the House and could possibly regain the White House
Congress · 116th Congress
Momentum on marijuana moves to statehouses
The bill also would direct 10 percent of the fees the state collects from licenses and penalties from life, general casualty and title insurance business to the police’s new fund.
Policy · 116th Congress
Can you point to Ukraine? It may be a while before you get your chance
Kelly pressed Pompeo during an interview Friday to say what he did to defend Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, before President Donald Trump recalled her in May 2019.