Policy · 117th Congress
Immigrant investors on edge as EB-5 lapse enters eighth month
Investors may invest $500,000 in a project in an area of low employment, or $1 million elsewhere.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Is time the Democrats’ friend or enemy?
His decision to roll back U.S. energy production, starting with his halting of construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, has seen gas prices at least $1 a gallon higher than just a year ago.
Policy · 117th Congress
IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office
The IG found that a sample of 28 complaints out of 911 cases closed between Oct. 1, 2016, and June 30, 2019, took up to 799 days to process. “These challenges are not new.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The sad but true limits of American power
In a sense, the chilling uncertainty is reminiscent of the days leading up to the Nazi invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. Everyone knew that war was coming — the only question was when.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP decries cost of Pentagon anti-extremism and diversity training
Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicating that the armed forces dedicated nearly 6 million hours and about $1 million in additional expenses to training sessions focused on these
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats plot March legislative push on inflation
A group of Democrats introduced a bill last week to cut the excise tax on gasoline produced, imported or sold from 18.4 cents per gallon to zero until Jan. 1, 2023.
Congress · 117th Congress
House competition bill packed with progressive policy goals
During the Trump administration, the United States accumulated over $1 billion in arrears from unpaid dues for U.N. peacekeeping efforts.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Vulnerable House Democrats anxious about stalled appropriations
Politically vulnerable House Democrats lamented the passage of a third continuing resolution for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, irritated that the pragmatic, bipartisan dealmaking they view as
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense appropriations likely to exceed fiscal 2022 NDAA levels
Defense spending appeared set for a larger-than-authorized increase in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 as part of a “framework” appropriators agreed to Wednesday, though the pact’s contents remained
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Political diss-course
Some of the AFT PAC’s biggest expenditures included $1 million each to two major Democratic super PACs, House Majority PAC and Senate Majority PAC.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Shift in tax treatment for R&D expenses a hit to innovation
The same study found that every $1 billion spent by businesses on research and development supports 17,000 jobs.
Policy · 117th Congress
USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress
A pandemic relief bill (PL 117-2) signed into law in early March 2021 included a requirement for one or more equity panels to be created as part of a section appropriating $1 billion for several
Campaigns · 117th Congress
State courts continue redrawing maps, as Supreme Court backs off
Challengers of North Carolina’s map successfully argued that Republicans would likely win 10 or 11 of the state’s 14 newly drawn congressional seats — in a state former President Donald Trump won by 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Appropriators reach ‘framework’ deal on fiscal 2022 spending
House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders said Wednesday they have a deal on a “framework” that will allow them to start writing compromise spending bills for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Minimum wage push spices up restaurant aid debate
An estimated 1 million workers have left the restaurant industry since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, and higher wages will be required to bring them back, said Saru Jayaraman, president of
Congress · 117th Congress
Republicans: Biden forcing ‘woke’ agenda in infrastructure law
Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who helped craft the bill, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who voted for it, brought up the issue during the Feb. 1 confirmation hearing of Shalanda D.
Politics · 117th Congress
‘Harsh’ exchanges: Dismissive Biden press strategy undermines lofty campaign vows
U.S. government" https://t.co/IuY6t2DQNQ— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) February 3, 2022 The underlying message from the Biden administration during both exchanges was a mixed — and troubling — one: 1)
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration strikes deal with Japan on steel tariffs
The agreement, covering only steel, takes effect on April 1 and applies to 54 product categories. The annual duty-free amount for all products in those categories is 1.25 million metric tons.
Congress · 117th Congress
Stopgap bill passes House as appropriators narrow differences
bill Tuesday evening to extend current federal agency funding rates through March 11 as Democrats and Republicans continue to trade offers on topline spending levels for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
The budget impasse is squeezing the Pentagon, despite its riches
And Eaglen is not convinced that lawmakers are more likely to resolve their differences by March 11 than they have been since fiscal 2022 started on Oct. 1.