Congress · 117th Congress
Coin check: Military tradition finds quarter on Capitol Hill
“It costs a little bit of money to design and print them and I’m in an R+1 district, so it didn’t feel like the right focus.” Coins aren’t cheap.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Modernization Committee tracks its own progress as clock keeps ticking
[jwp-video n=”1″] Unlike standing committees, Kilmer’s does not have the authority to move legislation, so this audit is one way to keep track of how reform ideas have entered the congressional
Policy · 117th Congress
Reports show lobbyists get more active on ESG as SEC works on climate rule
The reports, which were due Oct. 20, cover lobbying activity from July 1 through Sept. 30.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Safe at first (amendment): Press triumphs again at Congressional Softball Game
The Bad News Babes won their 5th consecutive Congressional Women’s Softball Game, 5-1, before a crowd of hundreds at Watkins Recreation Center in Southeast Washington.
Congress · 117th Congress
Wyden details proposed tax on billionaires’ unrealized gains
Wyden’s draft legislation would apply a new tax, beginning in 2022, for individuals with at least $1 billion in assets or $100 million annual income in three straight taxable years.
Congress · 117th Congress
Child care funds likely spared the budget ax other programs face
subsidies for families earning above 200 percent of state median income starting in 2025; a Sherrill amendment removed that limit but retained a requirement that families attest they have less than $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin tries to slow clean energy shift as West Virginia clings to coal
[jwp-video n=”1″] By comparison, the top coal producer, Wyoming, gets 80 percent of its power from coal.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
GOP blocks latest Senate attempt to bring up elections overhaul bill
“We want to see him show us that it’s the No. 1 issue for him.”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Oregon ratings: Schrader faces choice of two districts, both favoring Democrats
Democrats, who have had a 4-1 advantage in the House delegation for more than two decades, are trying to add a fifth seat to the column.
Policy · 117th Congress
Celebrity crypto endorsers like Kim Kardashian spark concern for unwary investors
According to a study by Morning Consult, a data intelligence company that surveyed 2,200 U.S. adults in September, 1 in 5 respondents had heard about Kardashian West’s ad.
Congress · 117th Congress
House SAA employee arrested, charged with possession of child pornography
urged anyone with information regarding cases related to the exploitation of children to contact the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 6, or submit anonymous tips through Crime Solvers, at 1-
Policy · 117th Congress
California board diversity requirements face legal challenge
start a conversation about diversity and create a matrix that sets a floor for diversity, not a ceiling,” co-chair Chris Holden, a Democrat who spearheaded AB 979, said during a committee hearing on Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger looks to put department on new trajectory
From Jan. 1 to March 11, there were 4,135 threats against lawmakers. Manger expects threats to exceed 9,000 by year’s end.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi: Budget decisions needed ‘in the next few days’ to hit deadline
But even with those limits, those two programs and the child tax credit extension through 2025 cost over $1 trillion.
Policy · 117th Congress
Pentagon civilian vaccine mandate is a massive logistical lift
Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced the civilian mandate on Oct. 1, following a directive from President Joe Biden three weeks earlier requiring all federal employees to receive a vaccine.
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan debt limit patch would raise borrowing cap by $480B
Those spending caps came off starting with the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Beating up on Manchin and Sinema won’t fix the Biden agenda
Those 13,471 votes represent 0.0084 percent of the 159,738,337 votes cast in last year’s election, or eight thousandths of 1 percent. That tiny margin eventually gave Democrats a 50-50 Senate.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden headed to Capitol Hill to try to bridge Democratic divide
bill, which would reauthorize surface transportation programs and includes $550 billion in new funding for roads, bridges, broadband and other infrastructure projects, up for a vote by midnight Oct. 1,
Congress · 117th Congress
House Oversight Committee debates Texas abortion law
Clarified Oct. 1 | Rep. Cori Bush was raped at a church camp as a teenager. A month later, she realized she was pregnant and sought out an abortion, she said at a hearing Thursday.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Infrastructure uncertainty rankles vulnerable Democrats
Democrats clashed this week over whether the more than $1 trillion infrastructure bill should move in tandem with a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package covering a range of Biden administration priorities