Policy · 116th Congress
Business lobbies prod Congress on COVID relief
Beer brewers as well as restaurateurs, small-business owners and big-business lobbies are mounting a desperate push for new COVID-19 relief legislation.
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Beer brewers as well as restaurateurs, small-business owners and big-business lobbies are mounting a desperate push for new COVID-19 relief legislation.
If the president decides to follow through on his veto of the Pentagon policy bill, which authorizes pay raises for troops, he must do so by Dec. 23.
Retiring Sen. Pat Roberts recalls his visit to a Soviet bioweapons facility and warns about the risks of both man-made and natural contagions.
OPINION — Biden’s choice of Austin for Pentagon chief disappointed those advocating a female Defense secretary but others say it wasn’t an either/or choice.
Senior officials in all three branches of government will receive priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine to reflect continuity of government protocols.
The group of Senate and House lawmakers negotiating a $908 billion coronavirus relief package has agreed to separate out the most contentious provisions.
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President-elect Joe Biden pledged to undo many Trump's immigration policies. 'Remain in Mexico' is among the more complex ones he would have to unravel
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The Senate easily cleared the annual Pentagon policy bill with broad bipartisan support, but the measure awaits a veto from President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump signed into law a stopgap funding measure Friday to avert a partial government shutdown starting this weekend.
Georgia senators facing runoff elections supported a defense bill that Trump has said he would veto. The bill passed the House overhwelmingly on Tuesday.
Rep. Steven Palazzo has spent about $230,000 of campaign funds on car expenses, purchases associated with home upkeep and reimbursements to himself.
The COVID-19 vaccine that the Food and Drug Administration is evaluating won praise from experts who also raised some remaining questions about it.
Congress was supposed to fund the government and pass a COVID-19 relief package by the end of this week before heading home for the winter recess.
Political divisions have revealed the cracks in this country and who's falling through them. Along the fault lines are truth and free speech.
The decision all but ends President Donald Trump’s ineffectual legal push over the past few weeks to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election.
Louie Gohmert lost a crown on his tooth, Chuck Schumer struggled with his iPad and Pat Roberts got his face printed on a mask.
Cargo carriers say they can distribute the COVID-19 vaccine entirely without needing to call on passenger airlines that have spent recent months preparing.
Two senators threatened to hold up a vote on the measure that would head off a partial government shutdown, with funding set to expire at midnight Friday.