Campaigns · 116th Congress
6 ‘food fights’ in Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate
Here are six areas where the candidates went on offense: 1.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senate won’t take up House Democrats’ changes to border bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] Details of amendment Revisions offered by House Democrats would boost the overall price tag of the Senate bill slightly, from $4.59 billion to $4.61 billion, as cuts to
Congress · 116th Congress
EPA rule lets political officials block FOIA document requests
[jwp-video n=”1″] According to Moulton, that will limit the requestor’s ability to take turned-down FOIA requests to court.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate border bill faces hurdles
There’s just one problem: It’s not fully clear that President Donald Trump would sign the bipartisan measure, which was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on a 30-1 vote last Wednesday
Congress · 116th Congress
After Democratic divisions, House passes border spending bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] During the House debate, Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
Prosecutors want to tell jury about Rep. Duncan Hunter affairs with women he worked with, including his own aide
[jwp-video n=”1″] Attorneys for the federal government cannot raise money for candidates under the Hatch Act, which prohibits most executive branch employees — except the president, vice president
White House · 116th Congress
Trump’s poverty proposal prompts alarms over cuts to Medicaid, Head Start
[jwp-video n=”1″] “The notice describes and asks for comment on a long list of different inflation measures, but really it’s a proposal to lower the federal poverty line and thereby lower eligibility
White House · 116th Congress
Trump’s 2020 re-election rally signals 2016 strategy may be used again
[jwp-video n=”1″] The devil you know? Evan Siegfried, another Republican strategist, said reprising the successful 2016 message was the only legitimate play for Trump’s re-election effort.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Jessica Cisneros wants to put her old boss out of office
Flashback: Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley join protest for immigrants in limbo [jwp-video n=”1″] Following in their footsteps Two female freshman Democrats — Ocasio-Cortez and Iowa Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
Debate on e-cigarettes lights up 10 years after FDA tobacco law
[jwp-video n=”1″] FDA’s approach Mitch Zeller, who has led the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products since 2013, said the agency made strides in carrying out the law by creating public education
Congress · 116th Congress
Border spending bill sent to Senate floor, but House may act on its version first
The Senate committee vote was 30-1, with only Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, voting nay.
Congress · 116th Congress
Blunt: Border deal slowed by provision that Dems worry may lead to deportations
[jwp-video n=”1″] Blunt said he had spoken to Chairman Richard C. Shelby, an Alabama Republican, about the matter earlier in the day Tuesday.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Food worker chases House member hustling to votes after she didn’t pay
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Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Rick Steves’ guide to legalizing weed
[jwp-video n=”1″] Enjoying recreational marijuana isn’t the point, according to the travel guru. “This is a race issue,” he says. “This is a civil liberties issue.
Congress · 116th Congress
House floor shenanigans punctuate start of spending season
[jwp-video n=”1″] The procedural move was made to protest Democrats’ inaction on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 billion supplemental funding request for the Department of Homeland Security.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP border aid package to largely track Trump request
Those figures largely match the White House request, initially submitted May 1, and the mix of funding set aside by Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C.
Congress · 116th Congress
Contractors would receive shutdown pay in next spending package
[jwp-video n=”1″] The measure would target the benefit to low-wage workers by capping it at $965 per week, or the equivalent of a $50,180 annual salary.
Congress · 116th Congress
Border spending package seeks aid for migrants, but no money for Trump’s wall
The decision marked the first sign of movement on a stand-alone border funding bill, which President Donald Trump first requested on May 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Why Ken Cuccinelli is persona non grata in the Senate
Former USCIS Director Lee Cissna, who stepped down June 1 after leading the agency since October 2017, faced backlash during his time in office from pro-immigration groups and Democrats for the massive
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Photos of the Week: A moose and a bear enter the Capitol
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) [jwp-video n=”1″] Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, looks at a picture of the Normandy landings during an event with the U.S.