Congress · 117th Congress
Staffers for Rep. Melanie Stansbury vote to unionize
Melanie Stansbury’s congressional office voted to form a union, 12-1.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
The fight over faith in politics: Which faith? Whose values?
Senate with Democrat Cheri Beasley, had a Day 1 conflict — Donald Trump’s Friday rally in Wilmington, N.C.
Congress · 117th Congress
Health care budget bill to face open-ended ‘vote-a-rama’
The original fiscal 2022 budget resolution provided “instructions” to the Senate Finance panel that its part of the bill must lower deficits by at least $1 billion over a decade.
Policy · 117th Congress
Inflation may shrink Biden’s big defense plan
It is not known whether the Ukraine war and inflation will still be raging during the time the fiscal 2023 bill would presumably be in effect, if it were enacted on time — that is, from Oct. 1, 2022
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Cuellar primary tests how progressive ideas play in competitive Texas seat
The pair will again go head-to-head on March 1 in a race that will test how progressive ideas fare in Texas’ Democratic-leaning 28th District, where about 70 percent of the eligible voting population
Policy · 117th Congress
Minimum wage hikes will dent Pentagon budget
A new minimum wage for Defense Department civilians and contractors will cost the Pentagon close to $1 billion.
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
Opinion · 117th Congress
GOP has to make 2022 about policy, not personality
Gavin Newsom in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans almost 2-to-1, where Donald Trump got trounced in both 2016 and 2020 and where no Republican has been elected statewide since 2006 was a long
Congress · 117th Congress
Explaining reconciliation and the social issues at stake, with Mary C. Curtis
[jwp-video n=”1″] Curtis: Yeah, well, let’s talk about that. Progressives, particularly, want the infrastructure and reconciliation bills linked. Can you explain why?
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democrat Stansbury easily wins New Mexico House race
State data shows nearly 1 in 4 children in New Mexico live in homes without consistent access to adequate food, and the percentage of households dealing with food insecurity is consistently higher than
Congress · 117th Congress
Yarmuth sees next budget reconciliation process starting in July
[jwp-video n=”1″] While reconciliation is a tempting tool for the majority party to use in a polarized Congress, it does come with drawbacks.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate passes massive COVID-19 relief bill, sending changes back to House
veterans time to adjust to the new policy and allow for potential further bipartisan legislation, the Moran-Carper amendment would postpone the change to allow for a rulemaking process to begin Oct. 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Dueling unemployment proposals delay Senate votes on aid bill
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday morning he believes just 9 percent of the package addresses “the fight against the virus itself” and only 1 percent is geared toward vaccine research
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Early voting starts Saturday for two House races in Louisiana
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Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi’s virus relief win shows she can keep her majority together
After party moderates pressured Pelosi to narrow that measure and she brought up a $2.2 trillion version on Oct. 1, 18 Democrats still joined Republicans in opposition.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pension funding, COBRA coverage survive aid bill’s ‘Byrd bath’
[jwp-video n=”1″] The second provision would provide subsidies to make health insurance more affordable under the federal law known as COBRA, which offers continuing employer-sponsored coverage
Congress · 117th Congress
Medicare fixes, Amtrak boost in draft Senate aid package
[jwp-video n=”1″] White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also suggested there would be other opportunities to pass minimum wage legislation, while not ruling out some kind of budget compromise
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending Feb. 26, 2021
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