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NSF director: Funding boost can steer research money to more states
The National Science Foundation director says Congress is providing funding that will give more states a chance at research grants.
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The National Science Foundation director says Congress is providing funding that will give more states a chance at research grants.
Senate Democrats are confident about passing their health care, climate and tax package, as Republicans plot amendments they’ll offer to it.
More than 3.5 million veterans will gain easier access to health and disability benefits under a bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday.
A Senate panel plans to take up a bill that would expand security aid to Taiwan even as Speaker Pelosi has angered China with her visit there.
Congress is set to allow those exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeuene to file lawsuits to seek compensation from the federal government.
Democratic senators are bracing for the possibility of high-pressure votes on immigration during the budget reconciliation debate this week.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi opted to go ahead with a visit to Taiwan even amid tensions with China and after President Biden said it would be unwise.
The measure proposes more than $20 billion for agriculture provisions, including biofuels, conservation and wildfire prevention.
The climate bill Senate Democrats unveiled last week would keep the U.S. within “striking distance” of its carbon targets, experts said.
The Senate is expected to take up a bill that would restrict the breeding or possession of “big cats,” including tigers and lions.
The Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings could produce a spoiler in the 2024 GOP presidential primary: Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
The House will return the second week of August to take up the reconciliation bill if the Senate sends it by then, says Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy will return to the Senate the week of Aug. 1 after recovering from hip surgery and available to vote on reconciliation.
The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines Friday.
Interest groups are spending millions in hopes of blocking legislation allowing Medicare to demand lower prices for prescription drugs.
The House on Thursday cleared legislation to incentivize domestic semiconductor manufacturing and spur research and development.
Bills amount to a wish list of $1.67 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2023, which begins Oct. 1.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III said he hasn't talked to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona about the budget reconciliation deal he cut.
At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies.
Congress has the ability to address the issue in an upcoming Supreme Court case that could reshape federal elections, witnesses said Thursday.