Congress · 116th Congress
Congressional leaders near $900B coronavirus relief deal
[jwp-video n=”1″] Paul M. Krawzak and Doug Sword contributed to this report.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan coronavirus relief package not winning GOP converts
The bipartisan group didn’t include direct payments in their plan because they were told Republicans wouldn’t accept a package costing over $1 trillion.
White House · 116th Congress
Vilsack on course for encore as Agriculture secretary
He has been at the export council since Feb. 1, 2017. Several publications reported Biden’s likely choice.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Mask up, gingerbread men: It’s Christmas at the Capitol
[jwp-video n=”1″] Last year’s offering, set to the tune of “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire,” called Republicans “members of the Trump choir” and referenced impeachment.
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump lost, but the Senate keeps confirming his nominees
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Opinion · 116th Congress
All media properties self-censor, social media can too
[jwp-video n=”1″] Said Dorsey: “I also believe that having more choice around how algorithms are altering my experience, in creating my experience, is important, so being able to turn off ranking
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Peterson’s conservatism isn’t enough to keep Minnesota seat for Democrats
The AP called the race at 1:36 am EST.
Congress · 116th Congress
Campus Notebook: Capitol Police arrests 28 protesters
Kelly Loeffler, sold between $1 million and $5 million in Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) stock on Sep. 23. Sprecher owns ICE and is chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
Policy · 116th Congress
Democrat seeks accounting of CDC’s ‘no-sail’ order for cruises
Virus vector The Sept. 30 no-sail order underlines the difficulty of containing the virus on cruise ships: From March 1 through Sept. 28, the CDC found 3,689 confirmed cases of COVID-19 or COVID-like
Policy · 116th Congress
UK limit on cryptocurrency derivatives draws attention in US
[jwp-video n=”1″] Hockett said the ban represents the U.K.’s first “foray” into clamping down on digital currencies, even if it covers a small part of the cryptocurrency market.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Pump breast milk in an airport bathroom? You shouldn’t have to, says Tammy Duckworth
[jwp-video n=”1″] Legislation has been born from less surreal experiences, but last week Duckworth managed to turn those strange moments into an accomplishment: The House on Oct. 1 passed her
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump signs stopgap funding bill, averting government shutdown
There wasn’t a lapse in appropriations even though he didn’t sign it quite in time for the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats, the party of government, are torn over coronavirus relief
One thing that stands in the way of a deal, now, is Democratic leaders’ reluctance to so publicly fold on the broader demands they made in the May bill they call the HEROES Act, with its $1 trillion
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats prep fallback option on stopgap funding
signed off on the proposal, which comes after negotiators missed a self-imposed deadline at noon on Friday for releasing the stopgap bill needed to avert a partial government shutdown beginning Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Stopgap funding talks bleed into weekend amid farm aid pushback
The plan had been for the House to file the stopgap legislation around noon Friday, and the Rules Committee had scheduled a 1 p.m. Monday meeting.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Nancy Pelosi may be many things. But ‘crazy’ isn’t one of them
[jwp-video n=”1″] Well before Trump was ever elected, Doug Heye worked as communications director for the Republican National Committee during Pelosi’s first term as speaker and later as an
Congress · 116th Congress
With no aid in sight, motor coach industry predicts abyss
But those modes received support from Congress: A $2 trillion coronavirus spending law (PL 116-136) doled out $25 billion to transit, $61 billion to aviation and $1 billion to Amtrak.
Policy · 116th Congress
Report: Hackers aimed at manufacturing firms during pandemic
[jwp-video n=”1″] While technology, telecom and financial companies are routinely targeted, “the manufacturing industry has experienced a dramatic increase in interactive intrusion activity
Campaigns · 116th Congress
TV ad by Iowa Rep. Abby Finkenauer highlights Democrats’ effort to woo back rural voters
[jwp-video n=”1″] The ad is Finkenauer’s sixth TV spot in her reelection race against GOP state Rep. Ashley Hinson.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
COVID-19 tests unions’ ability to deliver votes, manpower, money to Democrats
Young expects the coronavirus to take $1 million out of UFCW Local 1776’s $21 million budget.