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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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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Breakthrough seen on coronavirus relief bill with Fed lending compromise
If the Fed lending deal holds, lawmakers could clear a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 aid package as well as the underlying $1.4 trillion fiscal 2021 appropriations bill before stopgap funding for federal
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.
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
Adulting might be alive and well in Congress
[jwp-video n=”1″] But in the latter part of his career, Kennedy worked well with people who didn’t necessarily share his ideology, like Ohio Republican John A.
Congress · 116th Congress
Lawmakers line up showdown with Trump over Confederate base names
[jwp-video n=”1″] Veto threats Trump had threatened to veto the bill if it required name changes at military installations that honor Confederates, such as Fort Benning in Georgia, where two
Policy · 116th Congress
Familiar holdups threaten omnibus; tax extenders also at risk
Funding for veterans medical care and border security remain holdups in the drive to reach agreement on a 12-bill spending package for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
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
Republicans consider picks for next Energy and Commerce leader
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Congress · 116th Congress
QAnon goes to Washington: two supporters win seats in Congress
[jwp-video n=”1″] The unfounded QAnon conspiracy theories emerged in late 2017, when an anonymous person or persons with the username “Q” began posting on message boards alleging evidence of
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Health care ballot initiative votes see split results
The ballot measure also doubles taxes on cigars to $1 each, and tacks on an extra $2 in cigarette taxes, from $1.33 to $3.33 per pack.
Policy · 116th Congress
Gray wolf protections lifted by Trump administration
The UN warned in a landmark report in May last year that the human species has pushed about 1 million plants and animals to the brink of extinction.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senators criticize social media executives, and each other
[jwp-video n=”1″] Occasionally, personal gripes took center stage, like when Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., asked Pichai whether Google still employs an engineer who criticized her online.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
DeFazio faces tough challenge in changing Oregon district
[jwp-video n=”1″] Rebecca Tweed, a Republican political consultant based in Oregon who is not affiliated with the race, said Skarlatos has given DeFazio the most serious challenge he’s faced
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic shines spotlight on nursing home policy
The devastating effects of the pandemic in nursing homes, where residents make up about 1 percent of the national population but 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths, is leading advocates to push Congress for
Congress · 116th Congress
Expiring breaks for brewers, airlines driving tax extenders push
[jwp-video n=”1″] Bracing for higher taxes would come on top of financial hardships that producers are already facing.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Experts: Disinformation poses greatest threat to the election
on message at the same moments, suggesting an institutionalized rather than individual disinformation campaign,” the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University said in an Oct. 1
Congress · 116th Congress
Pelosi: No airline aid bill without broader coronavirus relief package
The support expired Sept. 30, and on Oct. 1, airlines began furloughing tens of thousands of workers.