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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Ties between a bank and Rep. Harold Rogers raise questions about PPP loans
Rogers continues to receive dividends of between $100,001 and $1 million from the stake he owns in the bank’s holding company, Citizens Bancshares, according to his annual financial disclosure.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Gator done: GOP takes break from coronavirus relief debate to chow down on alligator
[jwp-video n=”1″] Other senators emerging from the lunch confirmed they spent more time chatting about the food on the menu than next steps for the latest legislative effort to address the pandemic
Congress · 116th Congress
Mother pushes Congress for change after son’s ‘preventable’ death in military accident
A July 1 report released by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service found that between 2006 and 2018, 32 percent of active-duty military deaths were the result of training accidents.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Performance venues might get pandemic aid as their doors remain closed
GOP senators are preparing to put forward a $1 trillion-plus coronavirus relief package as a series of bills, though it’s not clear exactly when the bills will be unveiled.
Congress · 116th Congress
Merkley bill would stop airlines’ sale of middle seats
American and United are currently not limiting the sale of middle seats, though American had instituted limits on middle seat sales up until July 1.
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.
Policy · 116th Congress
Experts: Daily life may remain disrupted after vaccine launch
[jwp-video n=”1″] Epidemiologists think about achieving herd immunity as a formula with three variables: how infectious the disease is, the effectiveness of the vaccine and how many people receive
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.
Policy · 116th Congress
Experts call for more federal testing oversight as cases surge
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating with states to distribute supplies, the amount and quality of which have improved over time.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
COVID-19 aid negotiations ramp up
But while Republicans want their bill to be roughly $1 trillion, Democrats want that much alone for state and local governments, highlighting a disconnect between the two parties.
Congress · 116th Congress
Financially strapped trucking firm tripled lobbying days before winning coronavirus relief loan
Lobbying expenses Saddled with $880 million in debt even before the coronavirus hit, YRC Worldwide hired BGR Government Affairs and PricewaterhouseCoopers on April 1 and March 26, respectively, to
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