Opinion · 116th Congress
During the pandemic, don’t adopt policies that make it harder to keep the lights on
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Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
AOC is playing ‘Animal Crossing,’ and people think it’s worse than golf
[jwp-video n=”1″] You can only hold so many virtual town halls on Zoom before voters start to wonder how else you’re planning to take action.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
‘Adapt and overcome’: A veteran Blue Star mom hits the ‘virtual’ campaign trail
[jwp-video n=”1″] Women with military or national security experience helped Democrats wrest control of the House in 2018, thanks to newcomers such as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Abigail
White House · 116th Congress
House legal fight for grand jury materials lands at Supreme Court
Circuit found, in a 2-1 ruling on March 10, that the House’s impeachment of President Donald Trump counted as a “judicial proceeding,” which qualifies the committee for an exemption to rules that typically
Congress · 116th Congress
The opaqueness of Congress’ workplace rules hangs over the Tara Reade allegations about Biden
Biden wrote the secretary of the Senate on May 1, asking the office to release any complaints Reade made against him.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Senate moves a step closer to restoring FEC quorum
The Senate Rules and Administration panel voted Thursday 9-to-1 along party lines to advance the nomination of Texas GOP lawyer James “Trey” Trainor III to join the Federal Election Commission.
Policy · 116th Congress
States weigh what to do with millions of malaria pills
The Strategic National Stockpile has shipped 28 million tablets of a malaria drug that President Donald Trump touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 to states since April 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Pelosi endorses using automatic stabilizers to keep coronavirus relief flowing
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senate returns to FISA debate with lingering questions about Trump support
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senators grill Navy nominee on leadership
Braithwaite replied that his “No. 1 priority” is to restore a culture of accountability in the Navy.
Congress · 116th Congress
House trio pushing support for auto industry in future relief bill
The roughly $2 trillion spending bill passed in March included $61 billion for the airline industry, $10 billion for airports, $25 billion for transit and $1 billion for Amtrak.
Policy · 116th Congress
Uranium firm takes virus aid, says crisis hasn’t affected business
A Colorado uranium company that pressed the Trump administration to set up barriers against imports and found allies for that cause in Congress received a nearly $1 million loan for relief from the coronavirus
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Bullock attacks money in politics as super PAC goes after Daines
[jwp-video n=”1″] Daines is getting outside help, too.
Congress · 116th Congress
Problem Solvers show how Congress can work from home with virtual floor debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] Familiar but not the same The men wore suits and the women wore dress clothes as they would on the House floor to comply with decorum rules.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Has a pandemic changed America or revealed its heart?
[jwp-video n=”1″] There was little sympathy for health care workers or those standing at fast-moving lines at the meat processing plants that have become virus hot spots.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: 6 months to go
Kennedy III has invested in a four-week TV advertising campaign in the effort to oust Ed Markey in the Sept. 1 primary in the Bay State. It’s the first TV ad in what’s likely to be a bitter contest.
Policy · 116th Congress
Exemption sought for foreign physicians in next immigration ban
[jwp-video n=”1″] In a letter sent Monday to Vice President Mike Pence, the association asked that international medical graduates on J-1 student visas, H-1B specialty work visas, and O-1 “extraordinary
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP weighs letting states use virus aid to plug budget holes
Pelosi has said the relief package House Democrats could vote on as early as next week could include close to $1 trillion in aid to state and local governments.
Congress · 116th Congress
D.C. Circuit nominee sails through confirmation hearing amid pandemic rancor
[jwp-video n=”1″] That is particularly true, the Democrats said, for a nominee who said the Supreme Court made an “indefensible decision” to uphold the 2010 health care law known as the Affordable
Congress · 116th Congress
Airline leaders grilled over safety, refunds and use of loans
Airlines are losing between $350 million and $400 million “every single day of the week” and when they do recover, he said, “the industry will emerge a shadow of what it was on March 1 of this year.”