Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan Senate bill would punish Chinese banks over Hong Kong crackdown
[jwp-video n=”1″] Alarmed by Beijing’s efforts to finally force the security measure through, Sens. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Patrick J.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Pentagon AI chief says the technology could help spot future pandemics earlier
[jwp-video n=”1″] One of the key goals of the artificial intelligence center known by its acronym — JAIC, pronounced like Jake — is to change the U.S. military’s culture from the industrial-age
Policy · 116th Congress
Apple, Google release template for COVID-19 contact tracing apps
[jwp-video n=”1″] And unlike earlier designs, the application programming interface — the template — would not require information to be stored in a central database but instead would allow
Congress · 116th Congress
Ocasio-Cortez bill would award stock in companies getting aid
The total shares given to workers would have to be a larger percentage of total company stock than what was distributed through equity plans or stock options during the three years before Jan. 1,
Congress · 116th Congress
Post-COVID economic recovery expected to be slow, CBO says
The CBO sees 10-year Treasury notes yielding just 1 percent on average next year even after the recovery is in full swing.
Congress · 116th Congress
With schools shut, Democrats seek funds to close ‘homework gap’
Klobuchar herself introduced a bill last week that would provide $1 billion to help college students of color continue their studies.
Congress · 116th Congress
House bills would let regulators study blockchain, backers say
[jwp-video n=”1″] Close fintech watchers are rooting for these bills and other policies to better align regulators’ technological capabilities with an industry that’s eager to progress.
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump announces new model to improve national stockpile of supplies
[jwp-video n=”1″] “If I had one sentence for you, what we’re doing is creating a much more robust, much more capable and much less vulnerable Strategic National Stockpile,” a senior administration
Congress · 116th Congress
Virus aid bill and proxy voting readied for House action
Lowey touted the nearly $1 trillion in aid for cash-strapped states and local governments.
Policy · 116th Congress
FBI, DHS announce probe of Chinese hacking of COVID-19 research
[jwp-video n=”1″] Last week CISA and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a similar alert that an “advanced persistent threat actor,” typically a nation-state, was targeting
Congress · 116th Congress
House Democrats ready proxy voting rules change
[jwp-video n=”1″] “We will now move forward on these temporary emergency procedures to ensure the House can continue fully working for the people during this public health and economic emergency
Policy · 116th Congress
Farmers are coming around on climate change
[jwp-video n=”1″] But he adds it’s unlikely people are going to stop eating beef, chicken, pork or dairy products.
Policy · 116th Congress
Democrats include $5 billion in broadband funding in virus relief package
[jwp-video n=”1″] Schools would also be able to tap the legislation’s $90 billion State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for technology purchases.
Congress · 116th Congress
How to keep coronavirus off Capitol Hill is still an open question among GOP
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Policy · 116th Congress
Facebook’s Libra concessions to regulators raise new questions
[jwp-video n=”1″] Instead of one stablecoin based on many assets, Libra will now take the form of multiple coins each tied to a sovereign currency such as the dollar, the euro, the English pound
Policy · 116th Congress
States see contact tracing with cellphones as key to reopening economies
[jwp-video n=”1″] States may use either the GPS-based approach or the Bluetooth route, or a combination of both, to track infected patients and people with whom they have been in contact.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: Coronavirus causing scheduling havoc, but Senate presses ahead with other business
[jwp-video n=”1″] Under a prior agreement, a trio of amendments are in order, along with potential side-by-side counterproposals from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or a senator of his
Congress · 116th Congress
These senators are grounded in DC as coronavirus disrupts travel
[jwp-video n=”1″] Murkowski, and some of her colleagues from other harder-to-access parts of the United States, have been facing difficult travel patterns and some haven’t been home in weeks
Congress · 116th Congress
Problem Solvers show how Congress can work from home with virtual floor debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] Familiar but not the same The men wore suits and the women wore dress clothes as they would on the House floor to comply with decorum rules.