Congress · 116th Congress
John Lewis to lie in state at the Capitol
An invitation-only arrival ceremony will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m.
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Congress · 116th Congress
GOP virus aid package: Payroll tax cut out, restaurant deduction in
Senate Republicans were preparing to unveil a $1 trillion-plus coronavirus relief package amid an unwelcome jump in weekly jobless claims Thursday.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Democratic fundraiser taps Silicon Valley, online donors amid party friction
Big donors will come looking for where to send $50,000 or even $1 million, he said.
Congress · 116th Congress
GOP not yet ready to roll out coronavirus relief bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] But Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, said that plan wouldn’t be feasible.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Jamaal Bowman: ‘The police literally beat the crap out of me’
[jwp-video n=”1″] He was able to tap into the anxiety many Black parents feel about raising their children in this environment. “I was slapped around by police,” he says.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: ‘A human being is here!’
Markey in a Sept. 1 Senate primary, wrote in a campaign email that he’d made 40 stops this past weekend, with masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing.
Congress · 116th Congress
Post office concerns highlighted at Senate hearing on elections amid COVID-19
[jwp-video n=”1″] Blunt responded that he had read about significant issues in primary elections that have taken place during the pandemic, and he suspected there would be litigation in close
Congress · 116th Congress
Health and business concerns clash in debate over COVID-19 liability
[jwp-video n=”1″] On the flip side, business advocates say such lawsuits appear to be an inevitable and costly risk of reopening, and in some cases they put them in the impossible position of
Congress · 116th Congress
Rock, meet hard place: Senate appropriators’ dilemma
As House lawmakers start debating most if not all of the dozen spending bills for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 over the next two weeks, they are leaving their Senate counterparts in the dust.
Congress · 116th Congress
House proposes billions of dollars for technology throughout government
[jwp-video n=”1″] CISA would receive $2.25 billion in total, nearly $500 million more than the Trump administration requested for fiscal 2021.
Congress · 116th Congress
Districts try to plan for back to school as Congress weighs additional funding
[jwp-video n=”1″] Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, estimated that schools need about $50 billion to help facilitate students’ return to the classroom
Congress · 116th Congress
Hoyer wants Rep. Yoho reprimanded for derogatory remarks directed at Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
[jwp-video n=”1″] For example, the House in January 2019 passed a disapproval resolution of Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican, for racist remarks he made.
Congress · 116th Congress
Remembering John Lewis, the ‘conscience of Congress’: A life in photos
[jwp-video n=”1″] In the Senate, Chaplain Barry Black similarly paid respects in his opening prayer. “Lord, we thank you for your providence that brought us the gift of Rep. John Lewis.
Congress · 116th Congress
Virus aid negotiations at a standstill as time dwindles
She dismissed the GOP’s overall $1 trillion target as “enough for about a third of our bill.” The House passed a nearly $3.5 trillion package in May.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate chooses minimal new restrictions on weapons for cops
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate, after falling short of the votes needed to adopt Schatz’s amendment, then approved an alternative amendment on the Section 1033 program by James M.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic lobbying tops K Street agenda, but spending dips
The chamber, including its Institute for Legal Reform affiliate, disclosed shelling out about $15 million for federal lobbying campaigns between April 1 and June 30 of this year, down from $21.6
Congress · 116th Congress
Payroll tax cut on menu in coronavirus aid talks, McCarthy says
Republicans plan to try to give workers a break on payroll taxes in their forthcoming $1 trillion-plus pandemic relief proposal, which they expect to unveil later this week as the starting point for negotiations
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats raise alarm on election disinformation targeting Congress, seek FBI briefing
[jwp-video n=”1″] A congressional aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the letter included a classified attachment that drew “in large part, from the Executive Branch’s own reporting
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Lobbyists bundle donations to Senate Democrats, Trump Victory
[jwp-video n=”1″] Campaigns are only required to disclose bundlers who are registered federal lobbyists, so it’s not possible to track the ebb and flow of other people who gather contributions
Congress · 116th Congress
Fed, Treasury using virus aid funds sparingly: oversight panel
The report also announced the commission’s intention to “explore the decision” by the Treasury Department to make a $700 million loan to YRC Worldwide Inc., which was announced July 1.