Campaigns · 117th Congress
One year out: 8 questions about the midterms
With 12 months to go, here are eight questions about the midterms: 1. How do voters feel about Biden?
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Congress · 117th Congress
GOP would amend defense bill to block immigration settlements
“I’m open to any and all legislative options to ensure that an approximate $1 billion of taxpayer dollars does not go to illegal immigrants,” he said.
Congress · 117th Congress
House sends infrastructure bill to Biden without budget vote
Malinowski, who had originally backed a more sweeping infrastructure bill that passed the House July 1, said while the bill “may not give us everything we wanted, it does give us everything we need
Congress · 117th Congress
Ten key climate and energy elements in reconciliation package
DOE renewable unit If the legislation becomes law, the Energy Department would get $1 billion for its energy efficiency and renewable energy unit to pursue demonstration projects and nearly as much
Policy · 117th Congress
US, EU compromise on steel levy, seek carbon deal to curb China
EU drops retaliatory tariffs In return, the EU will end retaliatory duties on selected U.S. products, removing the threat of doubling those tariffs to 50 percent on Dec. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats tout climate spending in reconciliation
The legislation also would raise revenues by increasing royalty rates and fees on oil and gas operations on federal lands and establish a new hard rock mining royalty projected to raise as much as $1
Policy · 117th Congress
Reports show lobbyists get more active on ESG as SEC works on climate rule
The reports, which were due Oct. 20, cover lobbying activity from July 1 through Sept. 30.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP blasts vaccine mandate, and defense contractors are fretting
Raytheon had already issued its own corporate vaccine mandate, but with a Jan. 1 deadline.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden makes $1.75T sales pitch to House Democrats
An additional $125 billion would come from a 1 percent surcharge that would be levied on corporations when they buy back shares of their own stock.
Congress · 117th Congress
Hundreds of Americans remain in Afghanistan, Pentagon official says
Since Sept. 1, the State Department has helped facilitate the departure of 240 U.S. citizens, plus an additional 157 green card holders, Kahl said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats eye Medicare Advantage as potential reconciliation offset
Altogether, the health care costs may approach $1 trillion over a decade.
Congress · 117th Congress
Child care funds likely spared the budget ax other programs face
subsidies for families earning above 200 percent of state median income starting in 2025; a Sherrill amendment removed that limit but retained a requirement that families attest they have less than $1
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court takes on cases about Texas abortion law
The justices agreed to decide issues in two lawsuits — one from abortion providers and one from the Justice Department — and set both for oral argument Nov. 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
NIH grantee in Wuhan faces questions, deadline for more information on research
NIH as well as independent virologists emphasize that the virus EcoHealth was working on, which was named WIV-1 after the Wuhan lab, is too genetically dissimilar to be an ancestor of the coronavirus
Policy · 117th Congress
Pentagon, intelligence agencies detail climate threat to security
The update, which is due by February 1, 2022, will include descriptions of how the Pentagon intends to deal with extreme weather events and sea level rise — and how much it could cost.
Congress · 117th Congress
Two-year spending caps deal on the table in appropriations talks
Appropriators remain stalled over the budget ceiling for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 and how to allocate discretionary funds among their 12 subcommittees.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden ignores voters’ No. 1 issue, just like Obama did
While health care was obviously a very important issue, Obama chose not to make the No. 1 issue, creating jobs, the Democrats’ No. 1 issue.
Policy · 117th Congress
FDA authorizes broad, flexible COVID-19 booster policy
Boosting Johnson & Johnson recipients with an mRNA vaccine such as those by Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna may be seven to 12 times as powerful, according to a phase 1-2 trial of 458 volunteers backed
Opinion · 117th Congress
Time for Biden to get out of the Build Back Better bubble
An Oct. 1-4 Quinnipiac poll put his overall job approval rating among registered voters at 40 percent approve to 53 percent disapprove, and his approval among all adults was only 38 percent.
Policy · 117th Congress
What keeps the White House COVID-19 task force chair up at night?
And now the death toll is more than 700,000, or 1 in 500 Americans.