Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
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White House · 117th Congress
White House, Republicans remain far apart on infrastructure
The 1 p.m. virtual meeting featured a group led by Capito, the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and was the third between Senate Republicans and the White House
Policy · 117th Congress
Parents getting kids shots left out of COVID-19 paid leave options
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Congress · 117th Congress
Garret Graves wants to make a point with his $1 billion earmark
Garret Graves says the nearly $1 billion earmark he requested for a bridge in his Louisiana congressional district is hardly a bridge to nowhere.
Congress · 117th Congress
$1.9B Capitol security bill passes House; bipartisan talks likely
“It’s hard to imagine that anything we were going to do would happen earlier than Oct. 1,” Blunt said, raising the prospect of Capitol security funds getting lumped in with the end-of-fiscal year
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Biden, Trump voters agree?
Political money push: End Citizens United and Let America Vote Action Fund dropped a $1 million digital ad buy this week in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, New Hampshire and West Virginia to urge senators
Policy · 117th Congress
Investors object to CEO pay in judgment on pandemic response
The rate would steadily increase for pay ratios up to 500-to-1 or higher.
Congress · 117th Congress
Divide over scope of military’s extremism problem impedes culture, policy changes
“I don’t think we should have had 1 percent of the people storming the U.S. Capitol having served in the military.
Congress · 117th Congress
Carper sets ‘aggressive’ timeline for marking up Senate highway bill
The GOP bill would also require the Transportation Department to establish a national VMT implementation pilot program for government-owned vehicles by Oct. 1, 2026.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Raphael Warnock, the ‘senator reverend,’ keeps preaching most Sundays
[jwp-video n=”1″] A balancing act Warnock, who styles himself as Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock on his official Senate website, has consistently sought to inhabit the common language of faith
Policy · 117th Congress
Children face added mental health struggles during pandemic
More than 1 in 5 of the parents surveyed had trouble finding an appointment with a mental health practitioner such as a psychiatrist or social worker.
Policy · 117th Congress
House sends anti-Asian hate crimes bill to Biden
The Senate passed the bill last month, 94-1, after a number of amendments were added, including one incorporating language from a proposal by Rep. Donald S.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats push tax hikes on wealthy over infrastructure ‘user fees’
Ron Kind, D-Wis., said his constituents weren’t troubled by Biden’s proposals to raise taxes on the top 1 percent of households and corporations, which would be an easier sell than increasing gasoline
Policy · 117th Congress
US to export another 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally
The average vaccination rate decreased to 1.7 million shots administered per day on May 13, down from 4.2 million per day at its peak on April 1.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Don’t assume new Electoral College map will help Republicans
[jwp-video n=”1″] Among those states, Biden won Colorado and Oregon — add two votes there. Trump won Texas, Montana, North Carolina and Florida, a five-vote gain.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Crist bid for governor opens up competitive seat on Florida’s Gulf Coast
Republicans won the last gubernatorial and Senate elections in the state by less than 1 percentage point. Republicans and Democrats draw opposite conclusions from these trends.
Policy · 117th Congress
Expect more wildfires this year. And expect lawmakers to disagree about them
[jwp-video n=”1″] “These days it seems as if the fire season is the entire year,” Haaland noted.
Congress · 117th Congress
Cheney promises to fight on, while McCarthy covets the speakership
[jwp-video n=”1″] Rather, Cheney said she’d seek reelection in Wyoming next year and then, she implied, the presidency, if that’s what it would take to defeat Trump in 2024.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police faced equipment shortage during Jan. 6 attack
[jwp-video n=”1″] Ill-fitting helmets The four CDU hard squads, equipped with riot gear, had issues of their own.