Policy · 116th Congress
White House ‘definitely’ wants more COVID-19 aid, Mnuchin says
Beyond the rocky rollout, over $1 billion went to publicly traded companies that still fell under the 500 employee cap.
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Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump is the Democrats’ ace in the hole for November
[jwp-video n=”1″] 2016 again? With less than five months to go until Election Day, Trump is still behaving as if this were January 2017.
Policy · 116th Congress
Two plans for highway investments, zero plans to pay for them
[jwp-video n=”1″] But the most popular alternative to the gas tax — a mechanism that would charge people based on vehicle miles traveled, or VMT — is nowhere near ready for national deployment
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats promise ‘bold change,’ but delivering is harder
ANALYSIS — Senators returned from a weeklong Memorial Day recess on June 1 to a Washington transformed.
Congress · 116th Congress
A lot riding on conservation bill vote for Gardner, Daines
[jwp-video n=”1″] Texas Republican Ted Cruz is another potential opponent.
Policy · 116th Congress
Democrats: CDC ‘sidelined’ by Trump during pandemic response
HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir announced to reporters on a call that labs testing for COVID-19 must request demographic data, around age, sex, race and ethnicity beginning Aug. 1.
Policy · 116th Congress
Lawmakers, tech companies struggle to curb coronavirus disinformation
[jwp-video n=”1″] Other Democrats also want more information about how COVID-19 disinformation is spreading.
Congress · 116th Congress
Minority groups hit hard by crisis seek more congressional aid
[jwp-video n=”1″] While the pandemic’s economic crisis has not yet endangered household wealth in the same way the Great Recession did a decade ago, it’s already having a larger impact on minority-owned
Opinion · 116th Congress
Want to help essential U.S. manufacturing? Reform the aluminum tariff program
1. All exclusion requests should be subject to a comprehensive analysis to ensure that volumes requested align with historic import volumes and market size.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats offer $494 billion transport bill targeting economy, climate
[jwp-video n=”1″] By changing the matching formulas, the bill mirrors elements of one passed by the House on May 15.
Congress · 116th Congress
Sources: House Democrats plan Wednesday rollout of highway bill
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Policy · 116th Congress
As COVID-19 spurs cashless purchases, Congress mulls a limit
While credit card companies charge merchants 1 to 2 percent of the bill and a flat per-transaction fee of 5 or 10 cents, cash comes with its own costs.
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
Congress · 116th Congress
CBO: Democrats’ latest virus aid bill to cost nearly $3.5 trillion
According to the CBO, roughly half the cost of the House bill, or just over $1.7 trillion, would occur in the remaining months before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan group wants deficits addressed in next virus aid bill
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Congress · 116th Congress
$30 billion New York rail project hangs on recovery funds
Corrected Friday, 1:04 p.m. | Supporters of the Gateway Program, a $30 billion infrastructure project repairing a 10-mile stretch of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, have a new argument for their proposal:
Policy · 116th Congress
Pace of economic recovery could shape races in swing states
[jwp-video n=”1″] In April, Michigan had an 18 percentage-point increase in its unemployment rate to more than 22 percent, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released May 22.
Policy · 116th Congress
Amtrak sees service cuts without an additional $1.48 billion for 2021
[House spending bill would boost transit, Amtrak, highways] Amtrak previously received $1 billion in a roughly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package approved in March to help soften the pandemic
Policy · 116th Congress
Potato farmers seek changes to USDA’s COVID-19 payments
The association wants to see payment bumped up from 1 cent per pound for potatoes that growers could not ship to commercial customers.