Policy · 117th Congress
What keeps the White House COVID-19 task force chair up at night?
And now the death toll is more than 700,000, or 1 in 500 Americans.
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Congress · 117th Congress
With GOP sidelined, Manchin steps up to defend fossil fuels
For the 2022 election cycle, Manchin is the No. 1 recipient among all lawmakers of campaign contributions from the coal mining, mining, natural gas transmission and distribution and oil and gas industries
Policy · 117th Congress
Pentagon civilian vaccine mandate is a massive logistical lift
Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced the civilian mandate on Oct. 1, following a directive from President Joe Biden three weeks earlier requiring all federal employees to receive a vaccine.
Congress · 117th Congress
Climate hawks reject compromise in reconciliation
For the 2022 election cycle, Manchin is the No. 1 recipient among all lawmakers of campaign contributions from the coal mining, mining, natural gas transmission and distribution, and oil and gas
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan debt limit patch would raise borrowing cap by $480B
Those spending caps came off starting with the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin’s opioids tax plan faces pushback from lobbying groups
The 1-cent fee on each milligram of active opioid ingredient per dose would be footed by manufacturers, producers or importers, with some discounts or rebates given when prescribed to hospice and cancer
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats, Republicans agree to short-term debt limit increase
benefits scheduled for Oct. 20 could be delayed by five days.Food stamp benefits due Oct. 25 would be delayed by a week.Federal employee salaries due to be paid Oct. 29 could be postponed by 11 days.Nov. 1
Congress · 117th Congress
China-wary lawmakers look to boost U.S. investment in Caribbean
“It would appear that over the past 15 or so years, China’s economic influence in the Caribbean area has gone from $1 billion to $8 billion.”
Policy · 117th Congress
White House says 2 million people got COVID-19 boosters this week
About 2 million people received Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots this week and another 1 million people are scheduled for one in the next couple of weeks, the White House announced Friday.
Policy · 117th Congress
Justice Department presses case to stop Texas abortion law
He used an example of a law that fined people $1 million for criticizing the president.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden headed to Capitol Hill to try to bridge Democratic divide
bill, which would reauthorize surface transportation programs and includes $550 billion in new funding for roads, bridges, broadband and other infrastructure projects, up for a vote by midnight Oct. 1,
Congress · 117th Congress
Making ‘SALT’ relief pay for itself among Democrats’ options
More than half the benefit of repealing the cap entirely would go to households making more than $1 million per year, according to a Joint Committee on Taxation estimate.
Congress · 117th Congress
House Oversight Committee debates Texas abortion law
Clarified Oct. 1 | Rep. Cori Bush was raped at a church camp as a teenager. A month later, she realized she was pregnant and sought out an abortion, she said at a hearing Thursday.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs short-term spending bill, averting shutdown
The House voted 220-211 along party lines last week to send the original bill, with the debt limit language, to the Senate after removing a provision that would have provided $1 billion for Israel
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Infrastructure uncertainty rankles vulnerable Democrats
Democrats clashed this week over whether the more than $1 trillion infrastructure bill should move in tandem with a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package covering a range of Biden administration priorities
Policy · 117th Congress
Pressure builds to address climate-induced migration
Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 1 million unique encounters with migrants, many of whom were Central American, compared with just over 850,000 during the same period in fiscal 2019.
Congress · 117th Congress
Eschewing Zoom, Don Young AWOL for 19 months of markups
He voted in person throughout the busy legislative month of July, with the exception of one vote on July 23 and all votes on July 1, which happened to be the day the full House voted on the $767
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate scrutinizes Supreme Court emergency docket in wake of Texas abortion law
officer of the National Women’s Law Center, said at Wednesday’s Judiciary hearing that the Supreme Court’s non-action in Texas meant that the justices effectively overturned 50 years of precedent for 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Jan. 6 probe could affect future congressional oversight
The panel in August asked 35 telecommunications, email and social media companies, such as Apple and Verizon, to preserve records — from April 1, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021 — relating to certain
Congress · 117th Congress
Debt ceiling bill stalls again in Senate as pressure grows
The House-passed measure did not include $1 billion requested for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system after progressives protested the provision.