Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending
Akin’s second quarter revenue was up 6 percent from the same period last year; it fell less than 1 percent from the first quarter.
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Norfolk Southern agrees to $1B in settlements for East Palestine
Norfolk Southern Corp. on Thursday agreed to spend about $1 billion on cleanups, monitoring and compensation to victims to settle lawsuits by the Justice Department and affected residents over the railroad
Cotton among GOP lawmakers who back defendants in Jan. 6 case
Circuit reversed the judge, holding in a 2-1 decision that the statute could apply to congressional proceedings, not just documents.
MAGA might and happy leaders: Super Tuesday takeaways
Walker, a former three-term congressman who lost a Senate primary in 2022, faced nearly $1 million in opposition spending by the Club for Growth, which backed fourth-place finisher Bo Hines in the race
Slamming increasingly partisan politics, Sinema will not run again
Sinema likely would have needed to gather more than 42,000 of signatures by April 1 to get her name on the ballot.
Biden’s trip to East Palestine could amplify campaign message
"We’ve been there since day 1, hours after the derailment. We continue to be on the ground," Jean-Pierre said.
Menendez to colleagues: They could come for you next
Rob Menendez, also faces a primary challenge from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, who, according to published reports, has raised nearly $1 million since he launched his campaign last month.
The inescapable ad campaign for a wonky drug policy debate
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a longtime pharma foe, routinely cites a statistic that pharma lobbyists outnumber members of Congress by more than 3-1.
Some members of Congress using donor money to repay themselves
Johnson paid himself $400,000 in May even though he did not lend his campaign any money last cycle, when he won his third term by just 1 percentage point.
Biden’s pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, predicted the deal will mean flat funding or a roughly 1 percent cut across the board in fiscal 2024 for the CDC.
In play to GOP base, House votes to block student loan relief
Among Black respondents, the number was nearly 1 in 4. "Congress needs to help fix this damaged economy which gets more unequal and inequitable every single day," said Rep. Maxwell Frost, D.-Fla.
Lobbying reports show K Street is off to a strong start in 2023
Manufacturers of America, CVS Health, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, CIGNA Group and America’s Health Insurance Plans — spent a combined $37.3 million from Jan. 1
With US fossil fuel production up, GOP would step on the gas
The chamber is slated to vote next week on the legislation, labeled HR 1 to reflect its importance to GOP leadership — a compilation of energy, permitting, environmental and construction measures.
Former Sen. Breaux leads new push against Biden tax plan
The group says it has already spent $1 million on the ad campaign and will continue buying air time as the year goes on.
Policy · 118th Congress
Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech
“There are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type 1 diabetes who need insulin to stay alive,” Biden said to applause from Democrats and a few
Congress · 118th Congress
New Ways and Means GOP members bring energy, agricultural focus
Capitol to call for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
Policy · 118th Congress
EPA blocks mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed
Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, while acknowledging that some in the state may be disappointed, celebrated the decision and said that rebuilding salmon runs and protecting fisheries was the No. 1 reason she ran
Policy · 118th Congress
Investors focus ESG on contrast between climate words and actions
Shareholder resolutions on corporate political influence made up nearly 1 in 5 proposals under the environmental, social and governance umbrella that were voted on in 2022.
Congress · 118th Congress
Manchin pushes stricter electric vehicle credit rules
Manchin’s new bill would retroactively put into effect battery and critical mineral sourcing mandates starting from Jan. 1 of this year, rather than giving leeway until Treasury produces guidance
Policy · 118th Congress
After a year of collapses, cryptocurrency’s future in the balance
At the time of its collapse, Terra was the largest algorithmic stablecoin, a digital asset designed to always maintain a value of $1 through market incentives rather than through backing by cash or securities