Policy · 117th Congress
Increasingly irrelevant gas tax awaits a better idea
Electric vehicles are on the way and fuel taxes aren't enough to keep up with the cost of building and maintaining highways.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Senate votes to move Becerra nomination to floor
Senators agreed, 51-48, to set up a vote for Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department.
Policy · 117th Congress
HHS data highlights negative effects of work requirements
Health and Human Services data show work requirements or capped funding result in reduced enrollment and access to care.
Policy · 117th Congress
College cost worries, online learning to remain after COVID-19
For a sector often resistant to change, the pandemic has speeded a reckoning with skyrocketing costs and traditional instruction methods.
Policy · 117th Congress
How the pandemic changed health care, one year later
The COVID-19 crisis, which the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, changed health care in several key ways.
Policy · 117th Congress
Congress weighs propping up a transforming transport system
Congress must craft transportation priorities for an industry that had virtually every aspect of it upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy · 117th Congress
‘Dreamer,’ farmworker bills to test Senate waters on immigration
House Democrats hope the bills, to be taken up next week, will help momentum toward larger immigration overall backed by the White House
Policy · 117th Congress
Other deadly diseases spreading globally because of COVID-19 disruption
Preoccupied with COVID-19, the world's inoculation campaigns against measles, rubella, polio and other diseases have lagged.
Policy · 117th Congress
Blinken tells House panel to expect firmness toward Iran, China
Secretary of State Antony Blink is heading to Alaska next week to be "very frank" in meetings with high-level Chinese officials.
Policy · 117th Congress
Pandemic year pushed Census to rely on records for count
From heavier use of administrative records to new weekly surveys, the pandemic changed the Census Bureau's traditional approach to data.
Policy · 117th Congress
Cyberattacks increased as schools closed during pandemic, report finds
Hacks on schools climbed 18 percent from 2019 to 2020, affecting 377 educational organizations in 40 states.
Policy · 117th Congress
One year in, broadband access and telehealth are two big winners under COVID-19
Both parties long advocated better internet broadband access and more use of telehealth; the coronavirus made it happen.
Policy · 117th Congress
Fintech pitched as credit lifeline for newly arrived immigrants
Financial technology advocates say it provides newly-arrived immigrants a tool to gain access to crucial credit.
Policy · 117th Congress
Ending COVID-19: A reporter’s vaccination story
ANALYSIS — it’s still a bit weird telling medical professionals that my high-risk environment is the White House.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration faces GOP outcry for saying no border ‘crisis’
House Republicans called on Democratic leaders to hold hearings on the rising number of migrant children crossing the U.S. border.
Policy · 117th Congress
Vulnerable groups still falling behind in vaccination effort
The Biden administration says coronavirus vaccines can be distributed fast and equitably, but federal data shows otherwise.
Policy · 117th Congress
Draft Senate aid plan would cut direct funds to cities, counties
A new version of Senate Democrats' coronavirus relief plan would put new restrictions on some $350 billion in aid to states and localities.
Policy · 117th Congress
Report card on Pentagon management shows mixed record
The latest annual review by the Government Accountability Office of "high-risk" management issues highlights five at Defense Department.
Policy · 117th Congress
SolarWinds hack may lead to breach notification law and stronger cyber agency
Lawmakers from both parties, and tech companies, see a need for mandatory notification of government about data breaches and criminal hacks.
Congress · 117th Congress
Supreme Court ponders limits of Voting Rights Act enforcement
The Supreme Court appears poised to make it more difficult to prove that state election laws should be struck down as discriminatory.