Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan group’s success on COVID-19 relief could just be the beginning
A new framework they unveiled Dec. 1 took some of what the Problem Solvers had put together in September.
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White House · 116th Congress
Joe Biden expects no ‘honeymoon,’ but help in ending a ‘nightmare’
[jwp-video n=”1″] He predicted a need for further unemployment assistance beyond the 11 weeks of expanded assistance in the bill passed by the House and Senate on Monday.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate clears massive year-end spending bill with coronavirus relief
[jwp-video n=”1″] Long-delayed aid The pandemic relief measure would deliver the first major infusion of new aid in nine months, since Congress passed a roughly $2 trillion package in March.
Policy · 116th Congress
Coronavirus relief package includes broadband money for low-income, jobless
The deal also includes $1 billion for broadband on tribal lands and $300 million for rural broadband deployment.
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Coronavirus relief package set to clear Monday, ending months of stalemate
The pandemic-battered transportation industry would get $45 billion, including $15 billion for airlines, $14 billion for mass transit, $10 billion for state highways and $1 billion for Amtrak.
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,
White House · 116th Congress
Biden team making legislative outreach an early priority
Offering a Representative or Senator a trip with the President on AF 1 will also have to wait for post covid times,” Paone said in the email.
Congress · 116th Congress
Cannon renovation expected to go $137 million over budget
Phase 1 began in January 2017 and was projected to be finished by November 2018.
Policy · 116th Congress
Falling through census cracks could hurt tribes
could push apportionment to Biden administration] The last census undercounted several minority groups — Alaska Natives and Native Americans worst of all, missing almost 5 percent of the more than 1
Congress · 116th Congress
As recovery bills languish, transit systems cut service
The agency’s budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, released in the aftermath of a projected $500 million budget shortfall, was the latest cry for help from a transportation mode that is
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump’s former cybersecurity chief calls vote fraud claims ‘nonsense’
Despite Republican opposition, Congress has approved more than $1 billion in federal grants to be administered by the Election Assistance Commission since the 2016 elections.
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Neal eyes massive coronavirus relief, climate and infrastructure package
Instead of a carbon tax or big-spending Green New Deal proposals, for instance, Neal included a roughly $150 billion package of clean energy tax incentives in the infrastructure bill the House passed July 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Crapo poised for starring role in economic, health care policy
[jwp-video n=”1″] Debt and taxes Long after Simpson-Bowles and the “gang of six,” Crapo still has a national debt clock streaming at the top of his website, even as that issue has faded in recent
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats’ dream election scenario is still alive
[jwp-video n=”1″] If the parties can’t agree during a lame-duck session over the next several weeks, Democrats will need to pass a bill in January, and the $2.4 trillion measure, or perhaps
Congress · 116th Congress
Voters send centrist message to Washington
McConnell made clear back in July that $1 trillion was his ceiling, and they’ll likely end up closer to that instead of the $2 trillion-plus Pelosi wants.
Policy · 116th Congress
High early turnout of voters eases tech and security worries on Election Day
[jwp-video n=”1″] Since then the agency has worked with state and local election officials who oversee federal elections in more than 9,000 jurisdictions to help them beef up their cybersecurity