Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Seersucker rules the Senate. This year, not so much
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Susan Collins loved it,” Cassidy said of the senator from Maine.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Justice Department closes investigations into Loeffler, Feinstein, Inhofe
She sold over $1 million in stock, according to The Daily Beast. Feinstein’s husband sold between $1 million and $5 million in Allogene Therapeutics Inc. on Feb. 18.
Policy · 116th Congress
ICE: Migrant parents chose detention over children’s release
The lawyers said the parents recounted that ICE agents did not provide other options and did not clarify whether or not parents would be deported without their children, some of whom were as young as 1
Congress · 116th Congress
D.C. Circuit nominee sails through confirmation hearing amid pandemic rancor
[jwp-video n=”1″] That is particularly true, the Democrats said, for a nominee who said the Supreme Court made an “indefensible decision” to uphold the 2010 health care law known as the Affordable
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Pandemic precautions make for strange Senate reunion
[jwp-video n=”1″] The vast majority of senators wore masks, some repping their home states, with Maine independent Angus King sporting a lobster mask, Alabama Republican Richard C.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: Senate returns to new coronavirus normal on Capitol Hill
[jwp-video n=”1″] Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a Wednesday hearing on nominations.
Congress · 116th Congress
McConnell focused on bringing Senate back to Washington as health concerns grow
[jwp-video n=”1″] For context, with more than 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths, more American have now died from the coronavirus than U.S. servicemembers in the Vietnam War.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats’ virus rescue plan would help McClatchy, other papers
[jwp-video n=”1″] McClatchy exemption Like last year’s law, publicly traded companies are generally barred from the Democrats’ new bill, but with one caveat: a public company that is majority-owned
Congress · 116th Congress
Congressional task force to advise White House on post-pandemic economy has wide swath of party rosters
[jwp-video n=”1″] One top Democrat who did make the task force, Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, said in a statement that his highest priority would be “to ensure the federal government
Congress · 116th Congress
Senators get kits with N-95 masks. Feinstein is donating her supply
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms did not respond to a request for comment.
Congress · 116th Congress
Political blowback more likely for senators who sold pandemic-related stock
[jwp-video n=”1″] Tyler Gellasch, an aide to former Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, helped draft the STOCK Act.
Policy · 116th Congress
CBP turns back unaccompanied children, citing COVID-19 fears
[jwp-video n=”1″] “When minors are encountered without adult family members, CBP works closely with their home countries to transfer them to the custody of government officials and reunite them
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump-appointed judge playing defense on presidential powers
[jwp-video n=”1″] Her dissents highlighted critics’ concerns that she is willing to give presidents too much power — and, more broadly, that she is among a growing number of federal judges who
Congress · 116th Congress
Some senators from trade-heavy states opposed US-Mexico-Canada pact
[jwp-video n=”1″] Still, environmentalists opposed it.
Congress · 116th Congress
View from the gallery: Senators suffer through sniffles and sleepiness at Trump trial
[jwp-video n=”1″] Cellphones, banned from the Senate along with other electronics, began to make an appearance in the chamber.
Congress · 116th Congress
In scrutinizing IG report on FBI, senators differ on what’s important
[jwp-video n=”1″] Graham riding point for GOP Sen.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Pelosi endorses Christy Smith in race to replace Rep. Katie Hill
[jwp-video n=”1″] For the special election, the candidate who garners more than 50 percent of the vote will serve out the rest of Hill’s term, which runs through January 2021.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Amid impeachment, groups press for limits on foreign influence
ownership threshold Under CAP’s proposals, companies would not be allowed to spend unlimited sums on federal, state and local electioneering efforts if a single foreign entity owns or controls at least 1
Congress · 116th Congress
Blame game in standoff over Violence Against Women Act
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Basically anybody that’s up in 2020, Schumer doesn’t want to move on legislation sponsored by them,” Ernst said.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats protest, but Senate confirms Steven Menashi to federal appeals court
[jwp-video n=”1″] Feinstein also noted that Menashi opted against answering questions about the role he may have played in the president’s interactions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy