Policy · 117th Congress
Blinken tells House panel to expect firmness toward Iran, China
[jwp-video n=”1″] Blinken told Rep.
Search Roll Call
Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
11,041 results for "1"
Policy · 117th Congress
‘Dreamer,’ farmworker bills to test Senate waters on immigration
[jwp-video n=”1″] One bill would provide a path to citizenship to certain immigrants brought to the U.S. as children — currently protected by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the day: One year since the first mask sighting
Jan. 25, 2021 (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) [jwp-video n=”1″]
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.
Policy · 117th Congress
One year in, broadband access and telehealth are two big winners under COVID-19
Also included in the package was $1 billion to deploy broadband on tribal lands and $300 million for broadband in rural areas.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democrats target Johnson, Rubio for votes against COVID-19 relief package
For example, some 62 percent of Americans supported the measure, according to a Feb. 25 to March 1 Monmouth University poll.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police, DC National Guard leaders need emergency authority to act, review finds
[jwp-video n=”1″] House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he met with Honoré last week but was troubled that their discussion took place after the report was completed.
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
Gig workers would pay higher taxes under coronavirus aid bill
insert by Democrats looking to offset the cost of their coronavirus aid package would send tax collectors into the gig economy, eventually costing Uber and DoorDash drivers, Airbnb hosts and others about $1
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending March 5, 2021
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) [jwp-video n=”1″]
Congress · 117th Congress
Klobuchar leads call for Biden to prioritize Violence Against Women Act programs in budget
A quarter of women experience severe intimate-partner physical violence, and 1 in 7 have been stalked by an intimate partner to the point where she felt very fearful, or believed that she or someone
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration faces GOP outcry for saying no border ‘crisis’
Instead, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters at a March 1 briefing that there is a “challenge at the border that we are managing.”
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
[jwp-video n=”1″]
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats ready to field House-passed bills but expect obstacles
The bills the House is considering over a four-week stretch that started last week include a massive overhaul of campaign finance, voting and ethics laws dubbed HR 1; policing accountability, gun
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Florida man returns
What’s in HR 1? The House approved its sweeping political money, elections, influence and ethics measure late last night, 220-210.
Opinion · 117th Congress
After four difficult years, let’s open government up ‘For the People’
John Sarbanes and input from across our caucus, we brought HR 1 to the floor and passed it.
Opinion · 117th Congress
For Joe Biden, unity is for Democrats only
In the same Winning the Issues survey, we found that voters, by a surprisingly wide 2-to-1 margin, believe the economic recovery from COVID-19 would be better helped by keeping the tax cuts in place
Congress · 117th Congress
DC Guard chief details Pentagon delays during Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
Gary Peters, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, said he is worried that the country’s national security agencies are not adequately focused on domestic terrorism, the No. 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Senators pepper State Department nominee with Iran questions
At the time, the Obama administration argued that achieving a limit on Iran’s nuclear activities was job No. 1 and that other behaviors could be addressed afterwards. Sen.