Congress · 117th Congress
Biden meets robot dog, pitches innovation agenda
“The United States of America used to be ranked No. 1 in the world in investing in the future. Now we’re ranked No. 9, No. 9 in research and development,” he said.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Park Police, Secret Service reach settlement over 2020 protests
update their policies governing protests and enact the changes within 30 days as part of a settlement tied to the violent police clearing of protestors from Lafayette Square near the White House on June 1,
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden to announce summer sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel blend
Strategic Petroleum Reserve every day for 180 days and a separate 30 million-barrel sale, announced March 1.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden to visit Iowa ethanol plant as officials hit road to tout rural aid efforts
The first stage of the $1 billion five-year program will take requests for proposals in May and make awards in November.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden administration to fix glitch in health care law to mark anniversary
The proposed rule would close the family glitch loophole beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
Congress · 117th Congress
Obama and Biden reunite to tout signature health care law
The proposed rule would close the family glitch loophole beginning Jan. 1, 2023. Lawmakers and advocates have pushed the administration to act on the family glitch for some time.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden budget’s omission of tax cut renewals leaves deficit hole
President Joe Biden made deficit reduction a top priority in his election year budget request, promising $1 trillion in savings over the next decade.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate reaches deal on $10 billion in COVID-19 spending
Senators left town last week undecided on whether to use $1 billion of the $10 billion for international aid to help increase the global vaccination rate or to spend it all on domestic needs.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration will rescind border expulsion policy
Border agents logged more than 900,000 encounters with migrants since Oct. 1, the beginning of fiscal 2022 — roughly double the number of migrants encountered over the same time frame in fiscal 2021
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate close to COVID-19 aid deal; global funds in question
But Romney said negotiators were still debating whether to take $1 billion of the $10 billion slated for HHS and instead give that to the United States Agency for International Development for foreign
Opinion · 117th Congress
Can we just leave God out of it?
Lindsey Graham asked me to rate mine on a scale of 1 to 10, as he did Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I would have to, as she did, refuse.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden: Crisis of credibility
Claim on deficit reduction:“This year we’re on track to cut the deficit by more than 1 trillion, 300 billion dollars. One trillion three hundred billion dollars.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The era of laissez-faire COVID-19 prevention
Only amid the crazed partisanship of the moment would anyone consider filibustering a modest appropriation to deal with a deadly virus that has killed almost 1 million Americans in just two years.
Policy · 117th Congress
Inflation may shrink Biden’s big defense plan
It is not known whether the Ukraine war and inflation will still be raging during the time the fiscal 2023 bill would presumably be in effect, if it were enacted on time — that is, from Oct. 1, 2022
Congress · 117th Congress
Top takeaways from Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget request
President Joe Biden submitted his budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 on Monday morning, which will set the tone for the legislative scramble ahead of midterm elections in November.
Policy · 117th Congress
White House will resettle 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
The news came as part of a broader announcement on U.S. humanitarian commitments in Ukraine, including more than $1 billion in new funding, unveiled during President Joe Biden’s overseas trip.
Policy · 117th Congress
Jha to lead White House response as pandemic enters new phase
When Zients became the administration’s COVID-19 coordinator in January 2021, less than 1 percent of the country was fully vaccinated.
Congress · 117th Congress
Spending deal undercuts Biden’s UN climate pledge
“Instead what has happened is that we’ve dropped all the way down to $1 billion,” he said. “We’re still trying to figure out what went on.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress cuts humanitarian spending despite billions for Ukraine
supplemental humanitarian funding for Ukraine is excluded, the baseline fiscal 2022 spending level for humanitarian accounts covered by the State-Foreign Operations title comes in at $6.8 billion — a $1
Policy · 117th Congress
Backlogs force Ukrainians to face long visa waits
The State Department announced March 1 that Ukrainian green card cases will instead be processed at the consular post in Frankfurt, Germany.