Former Connolly chief of staff wins Democratic nod in Virginia special election
Protect Progress, a political action committee with ties to the cryptocurrency industry, spent over $1 million to support Walkinshaw.Â
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Houston, we still have a problem: Shuttle move blocked by ‘Byrd rule’
Included in the Senate package is $1 billion for NASA infrastructure improvements at several "manned spaceflight centers" — incidentally all in GOP-leaning states, a fact not lost on panel Democrats who
Senate Environment reconciliation provisions pause methane tax
The panel had been directed by the budget resolution to deliver provisions that would increase the deficit by no more than $1 billion.Â
Four Republicans help Democrats pass measure to end Canadian tariffs
Collins said that less than 1 percent of fentanyl was trafficked through Canada in fiscal 2024. U.S.
In latest effort to curb DC, House panel advances ICE bill
Left unchanged, that would effectively cut the D.C. budget by more than $1 billion.
Budget uproar offers DC an uneasy reminder of Congress’ power
The solution, embedded in Article 1 of the Constitution, was to give Congress the power "to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over" the district housing the seat of the U.S. government
CR would provide $1.5 billion for extra, unrequested warship
That is $6 billion more for defense than was appropriated in fiscal 2024, a growth rate of less than 1 percent and not enough to outrun inflation.
CFPB nominee promises to keep agency open but downsize it
"I [take] that very seriously as a former congressional staffer, an Article 1 [of the Constitution] guy. I’m going to make sure the CFPB performs each of its statutory" functions.
Jimmy Carter, whose presidency was marked by a complicated relationship with Congress, dies at age 100
Carter, who was born on Oct. 1, 1924, was predeceased by his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19, 2023. The couple was married for more than 77 years.
The best photos of the year, Part 1
Children sled on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 16 after 3-4 inches of snow fell across the Washington metro area.
Baseline Battleground: How the partisan landscape has shifted after the election
Even after the 2016 elections, Democrats had just a 1-point Baseline edge in Virginia, but that’s far from the case now.
GOP centers election concerns on noncitizen voting, but it’s rare
The Cato Institute says the percentage of noncitizens voting is closer to zero than 1 percent.
Ballot initiatives include cannabis, insurance measures
In New Mexico, Bond Question 1 would authorize the state to issue up to $30 million in bonds to fund senior citizen facilities.
Biden makes formal plea to Congress for disaster loan funds
President Joe Biden meets with members of his Cabinet about response efforts to Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Oct. 1.
Energy Department plugs $1.5 billion into new grid projects
The recipients, who will now enter into capacity contract negotiations with the Energy Department, are: Phase 1 of the Southline project in Arizona was funded through the first round of Transmission Facilitation
December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action
That will give the agency access to $20 billion starting Oct. 1, eliminating a shortfall FEMA faced that’s limited it to only the most critical and life-saving outlays since August.
Two years later, Dobbs decision continues to spur a reckoning
Neesha’s baby is now 1 1/2 years old. She and her kids regularly spend time with the adoptive family.
Battleground polls tell tales of before and after Biden dropped out
Gary Peters carried the district by a slim, 0.4-point margin in his 1-point reelection win in 2020, but it also wasn’t his home district the way it is for Slotkin.
Massive veterans budget gap rips hole in appropriations process
If Congress does not act by Sept. 20, the VA estimates that 7 million veterans and their survivors may not receive their benefits payments on Oct. 1, according to Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee ranking
Bills seek to speed up lawsuits over Camp Lejeune contamination
The lawyers are now selecting 25 bellwether cases, with five for each of the "Tier 1 diseases" established in court proceedings so far: kidney cancer, liver cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia and bladder