Congress · 117th Congress
House Republican Conference votes to bring back earmarks
DeLauro’s guidelines include a cap on the total amount of earmarked funds at 1 percent of discretionary spending, and no money can go to for-profit interests.
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Congress · 117th Congress
House throws financial lifeline to victims fund, appropriators
Derene said in fiscal 2020 the Treasury Department collected almost $5 billion in such fines and penalties, and in the first six months of this fiscal year has collected almost $1 billion.
Policy · 117th Congress
Antitrust risks cloud outlook for fintech deals amid surge
A total of 232 global fintech deals were announced from Jan. 1 through March 10 with an aggregate value of $47.8 billion, compared with 160 deals collectively worth $39.3 billion during the first
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers in both parties push to add judges to overworked federal courts
That includes concerns about which president would pick those judges, the $1 million annual cost each new judgeship would bring and whether any measure
Policy · 117th Congress
Yes, the pandemic crushed carbon emissions. Now they’re back
accomplishment is pretty remarkable,” said Ethan Zindler, head of Americas at BloombergNEF, of emissions cuts and renewables growth, adding that lowering emissions from the transportation sector, the No. 1
Congress · 117th Congress
House set to pass Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, with renewed hope for Senate action
A quarter of women experience severe intimate-partner physical violence, and 1 in 7 have been stalked by an intimate partner to the point of feeling very fearful or believing that she or someone
Congress · 117th Congress
Top Democratic tax writers differ on clean energy breaks
The transportation credit would apply to fuel sources averaging at least 25 percent cleaner than other fuels and scale up to $1 per gallon for zero-emission fuels and eliminate the per-manufacturer
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer puts gun control on Senate agenda
Lawmakers provided $1 billion over 10 years in federal grant funding for school design and teacher training to bolster student safety — the only federal law to address mass shootings at schools.
Congress · 117th Congress
Planning for a post-pandemic Congress underway
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Congress · 117th Congress
Leahy: GOP can have half the earmarks in spending bills
House Democrats’ plan for appropriations earmarks will limit the amount of money for “community project funding” to 1 percent of discretionary spending, ban earmarks for for-profit entities and limit members
Policy · 117th Congress
Cyberattacks increased as schools closed during pandemic, report finds
[jwp-video n=”1″] The report found that incidents in the first quarter of 2020, before the pandemic, mostly tracked with data from previous years.
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
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.
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.”
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.
Policy · 117th Congress
Pandemic challenges, Trump rules await Cardona at Education
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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.
Policy · 117th Congress
Masks stack up in US warehouses as nurses reuse N95 respirators
[jwp-video n=”1″] The group, which is calling itself the American Mask Manufacturers Association, says its members have an inventory of 233 million N95 respirators or equivalent masks in their
Policy · 117th Congress
As more migrant children arrive, Biden faces political hurdles
[jwp-video n=”1″] “We are challenged at the border. The men and women at the Department of Homeland Security are meeting that challenge,” he said.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Reformers say HR 1 will fortify our democracy.
This promise will soon be put to the test when Congress considers HR 1, the For the People Act of 2021.