Policy · 116th Congress
Senate agrees to extend PPP loan program to early August
[jwp-video n=”1″] Prior to passage, Sen.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Facebook bans, removes hundreds of far-right “boogaloo” groups
[jwp-video n=”1″] Facebook said it had been tracking activities of such groups since 2012 and had been “closely following its development” since 2019.
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court rules Montana can’t keep religious schools out of funding program
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Congress · 116th Congress
Defense bill would give Pentagon power over Energy’s nuclear arms budget
[jwp-video n=”1″] Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette on Monday sent an impassioned letter on this issue to Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.
Policy · 116th Congress
Effort to crack Big Tech’s legal shield gains bipartisan momentum
[jwp-video n=”1″] “I think there’s a very good chance Section 230 will be changed in the next few years,” Jeff Kosseff, who wrote a book on the law called “The Twenty-Six Words That Created
Policy · 116th Congress
Alabama asks Supreme Court to review COVID-19 election ruling
[jwp-video n=”1″] At issue in Alabama are two requirements that the state officials say combat voter fraud.
Policy · 116th Congress
Gilead says it will charge $3,120 per patient for COVID-19 drug
They contend that, given the historic human toll of the pandemic, the drug should be priced at $1, slightly above the estimated cost to produce it.
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law restricting abortion
[jwp-video n=”1″] This report was revised to correctly reflect the vote in a 2016 Supreme Court decision.
Policy · 116th Congress
Border wall funding fight expected to head to Supreme Court
In a 2-1 ruling, the appeals panel said the administration violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution, which gives Congress exclusive funding powers, when it transferred $2.5 billion
Policy · 116th Congress
USCIS official: ‘Every office’ would be hit by agency furloughs
[jwp-video n=”1″] The proposed surcharge is on top of other fee increases the agency has proposed.
Policy · 116th Congress
States need money. The Fed has it. Politics may be an obstacle
Democrats would provide $1 trillion to states and localities in the bill the House passed in May (HR 6800).
Policy · 116th Congress
CDC: COVID-19 cases may be 10 times higher than reported
[jwp-video n=”1″] Still, he said a “significant majority” of people in the U.S. — possibly more than 90 percent of the population — remain susceptible to the virus.
Policy · 116th Congress
GAO: Stimulus checks sent to dead people among coronavirus response problems
. | The Government Accountability Office criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on multiple fronts Thursday, including the issuing of more than $1 billion in stimulus
Policy · 116th Congress
Democrats’ new push: Cleanse Confederacy from military in a year
The House Armed Services Committee panels began marking up their companion NDAA earlier this week, and the full committee plans to finish writing it July 1.
Policy · 116th Congress
USCIS informs 13,000 federal employees of potential furloughs without emergency funding
[jwp-video n=”1″] Government rules require advance notice of any furlough expected to last more than 30 days, the union said.
Policy · 116th Congress
Local advocacy groups still pushing for higher census response
[jwp-video n=”1″] Shih said his group’s outreach efforts can’t rely on records like voter registration to find these historically undercounted groups since so many in New York’s Asian American
Policy · 116th Congress
Left out of rescue bills, smaller oil firm bankruptcies surge
Whiting Petroleum Corp., which describes itself as “one of the largest” independent exploration and production companies in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy reorganization on April 1, among the first
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic forced insurers to pay for in-home treatments
[jwp-video n=”1″] “This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” said Preeti Raghavan, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of
Policy · 116th Congress
Oil companies press legal challenge to butane tax credit denial
On April 1, 2019, Valero sued the IRS, arguing the agency hadn’t responded despite their clear legal right to the money.