Policy · 117th Congress
Biden urges at least 70 percent of US adults to get first shot by July 4
It also comes as the Federal Emergency Management Agency faces historic staffing shortages ahead of the beginning of hurricane season on June 1.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Vaccinating kids for COVID-19 poses additional challenges for officials
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Vaccinating kids is going to look very different from vaccinating adults.
Policy · 117th Congress
Health officials plan major research on COVID-19 long-haulers
The agency received 273 research proposals after Congress provided more than $1 billion for research into the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Policy · 117th Congress
Former Trump aide targets Black farmer debt relief with lawsuit
The Agriculture Department is in the process of moving forward with the debt provisions and using $1 billion to expand and build the network of institutions and organizations to work with minority
Policy · 117th Congress
Census misses create worries of Hispanic undercount
Additionally, they pointed out the population for states such as Texas and Florida came within 1 percent of the projections it previously made.
Policy · 117th Congress
ESG lobbying surges with Democratic control of Washington
The reports, which were due April 20, cover activity from Jan. 1 through March 31, including the beginning of the Biden administration and Democrats’ control of both chambers of Congress.
Policy · 117th Congress
Special report: The race to reinvigorate US chip manufacturing
Watch: Five issues with Biden’s plan for semiconductors [jwp-video n=”1″] Watch: Semiconductor security continues to confound the Pentagon [jwp-video n=”2″]
Congress · 117th Congress
Census results start wave of litigation over new maps
[jwp-video n=”1″] On Monday, the Census Bureau released results from its once-a-decade national headcount.
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court rejects GOP attempt to defend public charge rule
But last month, 14 Republican attorneys general asked the Supreme Court to allow their states to defend the rule, which they say would cost them more than $1 billion annually if eliminated.
Policy · 117th Congress
Census Bureau to release first set of 2020 results Monday
Last year, based on data work done separately from the decennial count, the agency estimated between 330 and 335 million people lived in the United States as of April 1, 2020, the reference day for
Congress · 117th Congress
Census: California, Northeast, Midwest lose House seats
population division chief at the Census Bureau, said during Monday’s news conference that the count for Texas and Florida, in particular, fell short of their population estimates for 2020, but still within 1
Policy · 117th Congress
Change of government and political turmoil keep lobbyists busy, disclosures show
to federal voting rights legislation” as well as congressional Democrats’ major overhaul of elections, voting, campaign finance and lobbying laws, a bill given the ceremonial top-priority number of HR 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
Garland launches probe into Minneapolis Police Department
[jwp-video n=”1″] The new probe also came amid Senate debate over the confirmation of Vanita Gupta to be the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Kristen Clarke to run the Civil Rights
Policy · 117th Congress
Rep. Grace Meng on fighting COVID-19 and hatred aimed at Asian Americans
[jwp-video n=”1″] “This is about the safety of all Americans. It’s about people’s lives and their right to be safe. It’s about our parents and grandparents, walking down the street safely.
Policy · 117th Congress
Tribes see progress in COVID-19 fight
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Navajo Nation tribal leadership took this disease seriously from the beginning.
Policy · 117th Congress
CDC to ramp up COVID-19 variant sequencing
The spending includes $1 billion to allow the CDC and states to expand efforts to sequence genomes and identify virus mutations.
Policy · 117th Congress
As some states rush to redistrict, gerrymandering fight moves to back burner
Silver pointed to HR 1, a major voting and elections bill, as a potential solution to the problem of politically drawn maps.
Policy · 117th Congress
Health officials push vaccinations as Fauci and Jordan spar
[jwp-video n=”1″] The back-and-forth comes at a time when both the number of COVID-19 cases and the number of Americans vaccinated each day are rising.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden wants out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021
The announcement, which Biden is expected to formally make on Wednesday, means the U.S. will not meet the May 1 withdrawal deadline that was negotiated between the Trump administration and the Taliban