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Taiwan, US struggle over differences on weapons to counter China
Washington is likely to send Taiwan more weapons in coming years to counter China — if the two sides can agree on which arms are needed.
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Senators’ legislation seeks to avert freight rail stoppage
The bill would require unions and freight railroads to accept recommendations of a presidential emergency board to avert a strike or lockout.
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Beating Manchin to punch, Capito unveils permitting bill
Republicans offered their own bill to speed permitting for energy projects as Democrats continued an internal debate over the topic.
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Photos of the week ending September 9, 2022
Photos of the week: The summer recess ended for the northern side of the Capitol as the Senate returned to Washington on Tuesday.
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Power Rankings: How political players resemble the top college football teams in all the land
Political Power Rankings: Watch enough college football and politics, and the teams and politicos start resembling one another.
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72 Democrats sign letter opposing Manchin permitting bill
72 Democrats signed a letter opposing the inclusion of legislation to ease federal permitting laws in a stopgap funding bill.
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‘There needs to be a voice’ for Haitian Americans, says Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick
As the first Democratic Haitian American to serve in Congress, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick feels a sense of urgency and destiny.
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Doctors lobby Congress for Medicare payment bump, again
The cuts are the result of a 2020 decision to increase payments for underpaid services like primary care and maternal health.
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Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda
Lawmakers will wrestle with a White House request for $47.1 billion in emergency funds and the need to avert a partial government shutdown.
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White House $47B supplemental request seeks COVID, Ukraine funding
The Biden administration is seeking tens of billions of dollars in emergency funds as part of the upcoming short-term spending bill.
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Klobuchar, Murkowski raise concerns over work permit delays
A bipartisan pair of senators raised concerns about work permit delays at USCIS that they say has hurt Ukrainian refugees.
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House prepping stopgap funding bill through mid-December
House Democratic leaders are working on a plan to take up a temporary spending bill that would extend current funding levels through Dec. 16.
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Pentagon discloses a record rate of sexual assaults
Of all servicemembers, 8.4 percent of women and 1.5 percent of men said they had been assaulted or that someone had tried to assault them.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Charlie Crist resigning House seat after winning gubernatorial primary
Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist is resigning his House seat a week after winning the Florida gubernatorial primary.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham lawsuit could clarify lawmaker protections
Graham leaned on a constitutional protection for sitting members of Congress in an effort to keep from testifying before a grand jury.
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Immigrant advocates pan scope of eligibility for new ‘Dreamers’ rule
Immigrant advocates criticized the Biden administration’s new rule to fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms
Potential changes in control of one or both chambers could put earmarks for local projects on the chopping block.
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Reconciliation language shores up EPA clean air authority
The climate, health care and tax bill that became law last week may buttress the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
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Lawmakers may argue about climate change, but they want seawalls
As ocean levels rise, members of Congress are turning to simple tools to protect their districts: seawalls.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Former aide will take Reed’s New York seat, for a few months at least
Joe Sempolinski, who served as district director to former New York Rep. Tom Reed, won the special election to serve out his term.