Congress · 116th Congress
Less time, less drama: Congress steps up work on NDAA
[jwp-video n=”1″] Lindsey McPherson, Jennifer Shutt and Katherine Tully-McManus contributed to this report.
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Campaigns · 116th Congress
Colorado is turning blue. Will that help Andrew Romanoff?
[jwp-video n=”1″] Unaffiliated voters can cast ballots in the Democratic primary, which could have a moderating effect, Colorado Democratic consultant Rick Ridder said.
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Republicans ready counterpunch over Confederate-named military bases
NDAA debate [jwp-video n=”1″] The friction over this question will loom large when the Senate takes up the defense bill, or NDAA, which is queued up for debate next week.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
6 things to watch in Tuesday’s primaries
Here are six things to watch in Tuesday’s primaries: 1. Booker looks for an upset In the Democratic primary to take on McConnell in Kentucky, a late outpouring of support for state Rep.
Policy · 116th Congress
COVID-19 panel questions Fed effort to help small businesses
[jwp-video n=”1″] For their credit needs, smaller companies rely more on direct loans from banks or other financiers.
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats increase pressure on Facebook over content policies and Trump posts
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Democrats also questioned the company’s paid advertising policies and its “micro-targeting” practices, which allow advertisers to aim their messages at specific users based
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP leaders buck Trump on base names
[jwp-video n=”1″] The South Dakota Republican suggested to reporters that he is inclined to support an amendment by Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren that the Senate Armed Services Committee
Policy · 116th Congress
Fed’s Powell urges Congress to spend on unemployed in pandemic
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Congress · 116th Congress
Senate chairman vows fight over Confederacy issue
[jwp-video n=”1″] Collision course The GOP-majority Senate panel’s decision on Wednesday to require changing of base names such as Fort Bragg and Fort Benning was seen as a rebuke of President
Congress · 116th Congress
Members eye expunging all traces of Confederacy in military
More than forts [jwp-video n=”1″] The Senate Armed Services Committee included Warren’s language as an amendment to the annual defense policy bill, the NDAA, on Wednesday night.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate Armed Services on collision course with Trump over Confederate names
[jwp-video n=”1″] The amendment would require the Defense Department to set up a commission to develop a plan to implement the renaming, according to the source familiar with the text.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
As protests continue, lawmakers don’t want to be caught on the sidelines
[jwp-video n=”1″] With no legislative response imminent to address the calls for racial justice ringing loudly around the nation, lawmakers are trying to carve out other roles for themselves
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate confirms Miller to be pandemic inspector general
[jwp-video n=”1″] During the hearing, Miller pledged to report any political pressure to drop audits or investigations to Congress.
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
The Equality Act has languished in McConnell’s Senate but sponsor says it’s still historic
[jwp-video n=”1″] Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a release last month called the legislation “transformative” and criticized McConnell’s inaction on the bill.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
What Tuesday’s elections taught us, and what they didn’t
Here are four takeaways: 1. Voters still voted Turnout is difficult to predict in special elections, and it’s especially difficult amid a global health crisis.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress may be forced to deal with coming wave of bankruptcies
An economics study Gross, Kluender and others published last September found that hiked filing fees resulting from 2005 bankruptcy law revisions may have resulted in more than 1 million fewer bankruptcies
Congress · 116th Congress
Oversight panel to miss deadline set by coronavirus aid package
[jwp-video n=”1″] The Friday joint statement made the same point that although Treasury and the Fed have announced creation of these emergency lending facilities, they have not yet begun lending
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Pandemic precautions make for strange Senate reunion
[jwp-video n=”1″] The vast majority of senators wore masks, some repping their home states, with Maine independent Angus King sporting a lobster mask, Alabama Republican Richard C.