Congress · 117th Congress
Conservatives’ ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come
GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Panels in both chambers to take up presidential elector overhauls
House and Senate committees both announced Friday they will take up bills to overhaul the Electoral Count Act.
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Banking Republicans to press Gensler on SEC climate rule, cryptocurrencies
Senate Banking Republicans are prepared to sharply question SEC Chairman Gary Gensler on Thursday about rules on environmental disclosure.
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Same-sex marriage bill stalls in Senate amid GOP opposition
Senate Democrats punted a vote on a bill to bolster same-sex marriage rights until after the midterm elections Thursday.
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Press wins spelling bee after politician flubs ‘whangdoodle’
Defending champion Rep. Chris Pappas took his loss in stride, as words like “fartlek,” “shittah” and “whangdoodle” flew.
Congress · 117th Congress
Sanders blocks Senate measure to avert rail stoppage
Sen. Burr asked the Senate for unanimous consent on a joint resolution designed to avert a freight rail strike, but Sen. Sanders objected.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate panel approves Taiwan bill after diluting some provisions
A Senate panel sent a bill to the floor that would bolster U.S. arms sales to Taiwan amid fears of an invasion by China.
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This ‘weird committee’ isn’t calling it quits quite yet
The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held its final hearing Wednesday, pondering its future.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pandemic fatigue threatens COVID-19, monkeypox funding requests
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are down, but White House argues that pandemic money is needed for future public health threats.
Congress · 117th Congress
House Democrats seek diplomatic solution to permitting impasse
House Democrats opposed to adding an energy permitting measure to a spending bill aren't yet threatening to vote no. Most hope it won't come to that.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Bipartisan House bill aims to overhaul electoral count
A stalled Senate package to overhaul the law governing the counting of electoral votes gets a House counterpart.
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Graham eyes national abortion ban
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said many in his party would prefer to deal with the issue "on a state level."
Congress · 117th Congress
Twitter whistleblower unlikely to spur congressional action
The Senate Judiciary hearing from a Twitter whistleblower isn't a prelude to congressional action regarding tech platforms.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats say buy now, pay later products lack oversight
Senate Banking Democrats see the specter of the 2008 financial crisis in emerging products that lack protections, such as buy now, pay later.
Congress · 117th Congress
Whistleblower details foreign agents placed at Twitter, lack of data safeguards
Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former security chief, tells lawmakers about the company giving employees easy access to user data.
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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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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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.
Congress · 117th Congress
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.