Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
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Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan Policy Center: Debt limit breach possible after Oct. 15
The BPC estimated that the debt limit would be reinstated the following day at $30.8 trillion, or $2.4 trillion above where it was reinstated on Aug. 1 after the last suspension in 2019.
Congress · 117th Congress
House votes on infrastructure, reconciliation hang in the balance
agenda across the finish line, lawmakers are starting down a Thursday deadline to pass a stopgap funding measure needed to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
More air rage incidents spur calls for criminal enforcement
The FAA has fined disruptive passengers more than $1 million since instituting a “zero-tolerance” policy in January.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ — portrait of an activist as a major influence
“My Name is Pauli Murray” is playing in theaters now, including at Landmark E Street in Washington and Landmark Bethesda Row, and will begin streaming on Amazon on Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Civility in Congress has turned into a joke. This panel is taking it seriously
“We’ve been working on this particular subject really for 2 1/2 years, we have 15 months left and I think it’s the hardest area,” he said. “I think it’s extremely important.
Policy · 117th Congress
Ethiopia violence stokes alarm in Washington about civil war
Some 1 million people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray area are experiencing famine-like conditions, and an estimated 5.2 million of the region’s 6 million people need some form of humanitarian aid,
Policy · 117th Congress
House prepares for abortion fight
The Supreme Court also announced it will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in Dobbs v.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Take Five: Andrew Garbarino
Thank God it was at 1 p.m., so I could sleep late. Now I really enjoy the fact that it’s something I do with my dad.
Congress · 117th Congress
A top general calls for restraining the defense budget
The second is Congress’s now habitual failure to pass spending bills by the Oct. 1 start of each fiscal year.
Congress · 117th Congress
House committee demands answers on Afghanistan
The committee report accompanying the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act states that the Defense Department’s Automated Biometric Identification System contains about 1 million entries
Congress · 117th Congress
Taliban sanctions complicate dire Afghanistan humanitarian picture
“Can we please start the conversation about Sept. 1 — and beyond?”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Biden, Manchin singled out as voting rights rally demands end to filibuster
A companion measure called the For the People Act, or HR 1, that would overhaul voting, ethics and campaign finance laws, stalled in the chamber in June after a procedural vote to begin debate did not
Congress · 117th Congress
Veteran lawmakers cast wide blame for Afghanistan collapse
A Capitol security spending supplemental spending bill that was cleared for President Joe Biden on July 29 will authorize 8,000 additional visas and provide over $1 billion in funds for the relocation
White House · 117th Congress
Defiant Biden defends Afghan withdrawal, says country’s military ‘refused to fight’
“This is the bitter fruit of 1) US unwillingness to acknowledge reality, 2) our unwillingness to tell the truth, and 3) corrupt AFG ldrs in gov & mil.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why ‘no corporate PAC money’ pledges are important
In fact, voters’ positive response across the county and across party lines for this pledge has helped build major support and momentum for reforms like the For the People Act (HR 1/S1).
Policy · 117th Congress
As banks push AI, worry about worsening inequality follows
The Boston-based National Consumer Law Center was even more blunt, warning in its July 1 letter to regulators that “the use of complex, opaque algorithmic models in consumer credit transactions also
Congress · 117th Congress
Infrastructure lament: ‘Deal is more important than the outcome’
The bipartisan framework included $1 billion for that program.