Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: ‘A human being is here!’
Markey in a Sept. 1 Senate primary, wrote in a campaign email that he’d made 40 stops this past weekend, with masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Post office concerns highlighted at Senate hearing on elections amid COVID-19
[jwp-video n=”1″] Blunt responded that he had read about significant issues in primary elections that have taken place during the pandemic, and he suspected there would be litigation in close
Congress · 116th Congress
Health and business concerns clash in debate over COVID-19 liability
[jwp-video n=”1″] On the flip side, business advocates say such lawsuits appear to be an inevitable and costly risk of reopening, and in some cases they put them in the impossible position of
Congress · 116th Congress
Rock, meet hard place: Senate appropriators’ dilemma
As House lawmakers start debating most if not all of the dozen spending bills for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 over the next two weeks, they are leaving their Senate counterparts in the dust.
Policy · 116th Congress
Experts call for more federal testing oversight as cases surge
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating with states to distribute supplies, the amount and quality of which have improved over time.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
COVID-19 aid negotiations ramp up
But while Republicans want their bill to be roughly $1 trillion, Democrats want that much alone for state and local governments, highlighting a disconnect between the two parties.
Congress · 116th Congress
Financially strapped trucking firm tripled lobbying days before winning coronavirus relief loan
Lobbying expenses Saddled with $880 million in debt even before the coronavirus hit, YRC Worldwide hired BGR Government Affairs and PricewaterhouseCoopers on April 1 and March 26, respectively, to
Congress · 116th Congress
House proposes billions of dollars for technology throughout government
[jwp-video n=”1″] CISA would receive $2.25 billion in total, nearly $500 million more than the Trump administration requested for fiscal 2021.
Congress · 116th Congress
Districts try to plan for back to school as Congress weighs additional funding
[jwp-video n=”1″] Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, estimated that schools need about $50 billion to help facilitate students’ return to the classroom
Congress · 116th Congress
Hoyer wants Rep. Yoho reprimanded for derogatory remarks directed at Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
[jwp-video n=”1″] For example, the House in January 2019 passed a disapproval resolution of Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican, for racist remarks he made.
Congress · 116th Congress
Remembering John Lewis, the ‘conscience of Congress’: A life in photos
[jwp-video n=”1″] In the Senate, Chaplain Barry Black similarly paid respects in his opening prayer. “Lord, we thank you for your providence that brought us the gift of Rep. John Lewis.
Congress · 116th Congress
Virus aid negotiations at a standstill as time dwindles
She dismissed the GOP’s overall $1 trillion target as “enough for about a third of our bill.” The House passed a nearly $3.5 trillion package in May.
Congress · 116th Congress
Confederate statues targeted for removal in series of House bills
[jwp-video n=”1″] Also at Tuesday’s hearing of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Rep. A.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
What two high-quality polls tell us about the presidential race
[jwp-video n=”1″] Anyway, I thought I’d focus on the toplines of just those two polls to see what they might say about the presidential contest.
Congress · 116th Congress
Cheney and Gaetz and Massie and Trump: House GOP tangled up over loyalty
[jwp-video n=”1″] “I can’t imagine anybody better than Dr. Fauci to continue to play that role,” Cheney added.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate chooses minimal new restrictions on weapons for cops
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate, after falling short of the votes needed to adopt Schatz’s amendment, then approved an alternative amendment on the Section 1033 program by James M.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The virus and the fabulist in chief in the White House
But funding the largest public service ad campaign in American history would amount to a rounding error in the forthcoming $1 trillion-plus legislation.
Policy · 116th Congress
New York bolsters fintech leadership role amid pandemic
[jwp-video n=”1″] Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO and co-founder of the policy group Alliance for Innovative Regulation, said she admires Lacewell’s initiative.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic lobbying tops K Street agenda, but spending dips
The chamber, including its Institute for Legal Reform affiliate, disclosed shelling out about $15 million for federal lobbying campaigns between April 1 and June 30 of this year, down from $21.6