Campaigns · 117th Congress
Capitol attack, threats not deterring congressional hopefuls
[jwp-video n=”1″] Asked whether security risks could deter potential candidates from running, Michigan Sen.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Note to Joe Biden: Unity is more than just words
[jwp-video n=”1″] Base first So far, his support for unity has been more rhetorical than substantive.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats called for witnesses in first Trump impeachment trial, but not this time
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate’s impeachment rules require a trial to supersede any other pending business in the chamber.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress ditches State Department bill after fight with Ivanka Trump
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Congress · 116th Congress
Breakthrough seen on coronavirus relief bill with Fed lending compromise
If the Fed lending deal holds, lawmakers could clear a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 aid package as well as the underlying $1.4 trillion fiscal 2021 appropriations bill before stopgap funding for federal
Congress · 116th Congress
Hill leaders seek to clinch spending, coronavirus aid deals
Congressional leaders late Tuesday said they were close to locking down agreements on a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package and a coronavirus relief bill that could deliver up to $1 trillion in additional
Congress · 116th Congress
In a GOP Senate, Biden’s Cabinet faces a gantlet
[jwp-video n=”1″] Barrasso added: “Don’t expect Senate Republicans to forget how the Democrats treated Mr. Trump’s nominees.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan coronavirus relief talks stuck on liability waiver
The plan would provide $1 billion for states to upgrade their unemployment systems for technology modernization and fraud prevention.
Congress · 116th Congress
Signs of life for coronavirus relief as bipartisan plan wins key backing
another short-term stopgap funding bill is likely given lingering disagreements on an omnibus package wrapping together $1.4 trillion in unfinished agency budgets for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan talks on ‘targeted’ coronavirus relief bill underway, Portman says
Pelosi’s public position, and that of President-elect Joe Biden, has been that negotiators should agree to the roughly $2.4 trillion package the House passed Oct. 1.
White House · 116th Congress
Biden’s transition moving ahead at full speed
[jwp-video n=”1″] Getting cooperation could prove difficult, however, at least until more members of the Senate Republican Conference reach the same conclusion as The Associated Press and major
Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court vote tears at Judiciary Committee relationships
[jwp-video n=”1″] Graham pointed to the Kavanaugh hearing as the reason he reversed course on his position to not confirm Supreme Court justices in an election year, as well as the 2013 move
Congress · 116th Congress
One more day for coronavirus relief talks, Pelosi says
The House passed a Democrat-written bill Oct. 1, mostly along party lines, that would cost $2.4 trillion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Opinion · 116th Congress
If you don’t like the Supreme Court, blame Harry Reid
[jwp-video n=”1″] They would also be responsible for establishing a court that would no longer operate as a separate branch of government, a safeguard against either executive or legislative
Congress · 116th Congress
Lots of partisan sniping, but not a lot of mystery, at Supreme Court confirmation hearing
[jwp-video n=”1″] Democrats criticized Republicans for speeding a hearing just three weeks after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic when two
Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts under 2020 cloud
[jwp-video n=”1″] Two Senate Judiciary Committee members, Republicans Mike Lee of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, are expected to appear remotely as they self-isolate because they tested
Opinion · 116th Congress
Most Americans want to help Dreamers. Trump shouldn’t stand in the way
[jwp-video n=”1″] A permanent legislative solution for Dreamers is needed to ensure these benefits remain.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic survey results suggest risk of ‘huge eviction surge’
[jwp-video n=”1″] Census data shows a similar spike in households that haven’t paid rent or don’t know whether they will, said Solomon Greene, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate panel provides preview for next COVID-19 relief bill
Heidi Shierholz, director of policy at the progressive Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the Labor Department, told the committee that nearly 1 million government jobs at the
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.