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Appropriators pressure Capitol Police to make Jan. 6 IG report public, hold press briefings
[jwp-video n=”1″] They urged the department and the USCP board to interact with the press, a long-held aversion.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Senators cry ‘foul’ on NCAA for unequal treatment of women’s basketball stars
“The NCAA, while running a tournament that rakes in nearly a $1 billion in revenue, claimed not to be able to find the room and money to afford its women stars with a decent gym and basic equal treatment
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Nonprofits unsure about small-business loan access as clock ticks
This expanded group of nonprofits isn’t eligible if they engage in substantial lobbying activities or paid more than $1 million to lobby in 2019, so some of the biggest labor unions would likely be excluded
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Special report: Congress eyes big bucks for tiny computer chips
Part 1 is the scramble for dollars. Part 2 will look at legislative proposals in Congress. And Part 3 will explore the Pentagon’s struggle with chip security.
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Maj. Gen. William J. Walker named House sergeant-at-arms, first Black man in post
[jwp-video n=”1″] Walker has earned bipartisan praise.
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Schumer lays out ambitious spring, early summer agenda
[jwp-video n=”1″] Schumer’s “Dear Colleague” was just one of three communication tools he used Thursday to talk about the upcoming legislative agenda.
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Sanders rolls out nearly $3 trillion in tax increase proposals
A Biden campaign plan to raise taxes on multinationals would raise somewhere between $500 billion and $1 trillion over a decade, according to independent estimates, while his proposed 10-percent tax credit
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers push to prohibit permanent fencing around the Capitol complex
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Lawmakers alarmed at social media making money off ‘addiction’
[jwp-video n=”1″] In any other context, a business trying to make more money by keeping its customers hooked to its product or service would be seen as the sine qua non of a capitalist enterprise
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Senate Democrats welcome Biden ‘signal’ on nixing filibuster if Republicans obstruct
[jwp-video n=”1″] In preparation for the filibuster questions, Biden came to the news conference armed with a statistic.
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House panel leader vows end to ‘racial discrimination’ at USDA
Congress provided an estimated $4 billion for loan debt relief and $1 billion to expand the network of Black land-grant universities, nonprofits and other institutions to provide technical assistance
Congress · 117th Congress
Hearing on Black farmers puts Vilsack’s past and future on view
the first African American to lead the committee, backed provisions in the March relief law (PL 117-2) for $4 billion in debt relief for Black and other socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and $1
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As deadline nears, Senate Democrats pick up GOP support to extend PPP
[jwp-video n=”1″] The PPP program issued 7.5 million loans totaling $687 billion to small businesses during the last year, according to SBA data.
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Americans at military bases overseas struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine
[jwp-video n=”1″] Hot potato When asked about the situation on U.S. bases in Germany, a Defense Logistics Agency spokesman directed questions to the Pentagon’s public affairs office.
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Young confirmed as OMB deputy director
Young will begin her tenure as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, while Biden decides whom he’ll nominate for the No. 1 position on a permanent basis.
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Memory of Capitol riot hangs over DC statehood hearing
The bill could have gotten a House vote before April 1 without a hearing because it passed last Congress, but Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said in a press call Monday that holding the hearing was important
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats pushing to weaken the filibuster say it enables racism
Foremost among those is HR 1, the elections, campaign finance and ethics bill that is subject to the 60-vote threshold, along with measures to overhaul police practices, expand background checks for gun
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Kaine says he has long-haul COVID-19 symptoms a year later
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House passes immigration bill to help ‘Dreamers’
[jwp-video n=”1″] Upton told CQ Roll Call the measure is “not a perfect bill,” but that the Senate can make changes. He also expressed sympathy for the Dreamer population.