Congress · 116th Congress
Confederate monuments at national parks get reprieve
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Congress · 116th Congress
Shelby’s FBI, other omnibus priorities among those trashed by Trump
[jwp-video n=”1″] Shelby’s office highlighted the FBI construction funding in an Alabama-specific news release about the appropriations package, and the Huntsville complex is surely one of those
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden climate team’s foes: Time, politics and bureaucracy
Congress did not reach an agreement to reauthorize the highway bill in time for the Oct. 1 deadline, opting to extend the current law through most of 2021.
Policy · 116th Congress
Buttigieg would bring his agenda and Biden’s to Department of Transportation
[jwp-video n=”1″] But the fund also was tapped for transit in the 1980s, and in the 1990s some was siphoned off for deficit reduction.
Policy · 116th Congress
FCC order to ‘rip and replace’ Chinese 5G gear will confront Biden
R-Miss., the chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, are urging party leaders to include the funding in an upcoming omnibus spending package for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1,
Congress · 116th Congress
Provisions for cleaner energy pushed for spending bill
Secretary’s help in the discussion of inadequate Davis-Bacon protections in the energy section…” The energy section of the broader $1.4 trillion spending package for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats’ rule change could spark Senate Appropriations shakeup
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Congress · 116th Congress
Sage grouse, biomass riders trip up omnibus spending bill
The aide said Republicans have proposed negating House report language on a number of topics, including support for $1 million for a National Academies study on reducing racial and ethnic inequalities
Congress · 116th Congress
Timeline for massive year-end bill slipping
agree with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that $12.5 billion set aside as emergency funds should instead fit within the overall $626.5 billion nondefense cap for the budget year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Rosa DeLauro wins panel vote for Appropriations gavel
[jwp-video n=”1″] Wasserman Schultz released a set of proposals to overhaul the panel’s operations that have won plaudits, including on setting aside funds for minority and underserved communities
Campaigns · 116th Congress
GOP shouldn’t count its midterm chickens before they hatch
[jwp-video n=”1″] Project with caution The long history of losses by the president’s party during midterm elections is a reason for Republicans and conservatives to start out hopeful about 2022
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden administration seen aiding digital identities, closing fintech loopholes
[jwp-video n=”1″] Kim said the chamber, which represents the interests of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, would push during Biden’s term for greater clarity on how financial institutions
Policy · 116th Congress
GM exits Trump fuel efficiency fight, backs electric future
Biden has made the auto industry a centerpiece of his “Build Back Better” campaign plan, vowing to create 1 million new jobs in the U.S. auto industry, including in the supply chains and for auto
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden’s infrastructure challenge: Finding common ground
He has an easy enough vehicle to start with: Congress in October punted on a new highway bill, opting instead to extend the 2015 surface transportation law by a year, to Oct. 1, 2021.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Biden at bat: ‘There is no joy in Mudville’
But for 1 in 4 voters, the candidates’ personalities were more important to their decision than policies. Biden won those voters 64 percent to 31 percent.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
For progressives, the House is as big a problem as the Senate
[jwp-video n=”1″] The irony is that Pelosi avoided these issues during 2019 and 2020, but moderates are fearful that the party’s Progressive Caucus will push harder next year, especially if
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate spending bill demands body-camera report from Park Police
Lafayette Square Resistance to body cameras from the USPP has come under scrutiny after USPP officers, joined by federal and state police agencies, aggressively cleared Lafayette Square on June 1,
Congress · 116th Congress
New House member orientation features significant shifts
[jwp-video n=”1″] A new program available to members-elect aims to facilitate the transition and compensate a staffer who takes the lead on standing up operations for their newly elected boss
Campaigns · 116th Congress
How a super PAC helped House Republicans survive the ‘green wave’
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP lays out priorities in fiscal 2021 spending showdown
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Homeland Security bill was scheduled to go to the floor in a package with five other bills but was pulled at the last minute after progressive and moderate Democrats expressed