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.
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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
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
Lawmakers a step closer to averting Dec. 11 government shutdown
The compromise forged between the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees sets spending allocations for the dozen bills that fund federal agencies for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Spending deal by Dec. 11 hinges on Thanksgiving allocation pact
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate’s draft fiscal 2021 Homeland Security bill would provide the requested $2 billion.
Congress · 116th Congress
Spat over veterans health care emergency funds stalls spending deal
Overall nondefense accounts would see increases greater than 2 percent on average for the budget year that began Oct. 1, as opposed to a less than 0.5 percent boost without the veterans health care carve-out
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
Policy · 116th Congress
US Geological Survey director wrongly reassigned whistleblower, watchdog says
Park Police, a division of Interior, over its role and activities in the clearing of largely peaceful protestors from Lafayette Square on June 1.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas
Corrected, Oct. 1 6:45 p.m. | President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday for the first time and stretched or mangled facts on several topics.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Kasich speech to Democratic convention follows years of building conservative credentials
Dellums, a liberal Democrat from Oakland, California, in an attempt to kill the $1 billion-per-plane B-2 Bomber, forcing the Air Force to build 22 instead of the 132 it wanted.
Congress · 116th Congress
House sends four spending bills to Senate, defying Trump veto threat
[jwp-video n=”1″] Benjamin J. Hulac contributed to this report.
Policy · 116th Congress
Interior watchdog: Senior official misused post to aid family
One morning, Domenech wrote, “[Family member 1] has been called and understand is ‘in process’ but…has not heard anything more over the last week.”
Policy · 116th Congress
Corporations and consumer groups battle over COVID-19 liability
[jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump said Tuesday he supports “curbs on frivolous litigation … a thing I know something about. There’s a lot of frivolous litigation.”
Congress · 116th Congress
EPA chief faces panel amid criticism of regulatory rollbacks
[jwp-video n=”1″] Disinfectants In remarks prepared for Wednesday’s hearing, Wheeler notes the agency approved disinfectants shown to be effective against harder-to-kill viruses or against other
Congress · 116th Congress
EPA’s Wheeler defends pandemic moves as Markey demands apology
“The new report I released earlier today found that the rollbacks that EPA has taken just since March 1 of this year could kill tens of thousands of people prematurely each year,” Carper said.
White House · 116th Congress
To boost hobbled economy, Trump orders agencies to ease rules
[jwp-video n=”1″] [EPA and Interior ease rules amid pandemic as repeal window nears] Congressional experts say an effort to dodge the Congressional Review Act, a law that allows Congress
Policy · 116th Congress
Farmers are coming around on climate change
[jwp-video n=”1″] But he adds it’s unlikely people are going to stop eating beef, chicken, pork or dairy products.
Congress · 116th Congress
House COVID-19 bill includes low-income utility aid
The bill would distribute at least $1 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for firefighting efforts.
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
Policy · 116th Congress
Treasury IG: A decade of carbon-capture tax credits were faulty
Ten companies claimed almost every penny of $1 billion tax credits for capturing carbon emissions from 2010-2019, and $893 million worth of those credits were submitted in ways that didn’t meet EPA rules