Policy · 116th Congress
Federal agency gives meatpackers room to hire H-2B workers
The U.S. offers 66,000 H-2B visas per fiscal year, with half available Oct. 1 through March 31 and the remaining half available April 1 through Sept. 30.
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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.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Biden-Sanders unity task forces feature plenty of members of Congress
[jwp-video n=”1″] Fudge initially supported California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris for president but eventually joined in supporting Biden after the Harris campaign ended.
Policy · 116th Congress
‘Darkest winter in modern history’ may be ahead, whistleblower to testify
[jwp-video n=”1″] The committee will also hear from Michael Bowen, executive vice president of medical device company Prestige Ameritech, who exchanged emails with Bright about a severe shortage
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate Democrats sore on ‘right-wing judges,’ but they’re OK with the nominees headed to floor soon
[jwp-video n=”1″] Four district court nominations on Thursday’s agenda — William Scott Hardy for the Western District of Pennsylvania; John Peter Cronan for the Southern District of New York
Congress · 116th Congress
States, local governments would get $1 trillion in Democrats’ aid package
House Democrats would provide almost $1 trillion in pandemic-related relief for states, cities and counties, at least a six-fold increase over what Congress spread around in a previous round of aid.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Kara Eastman gets rematch with Rep. Don Bacon in Nebraska
Eastman was the first to go on air with an 30-second cable TV ad debuting April 1 that tied Bacon to Trump’s “tax cuts for billionaires” and “extreme” plans to cut health care and social security
Congress · 116th Congress
How to keep coronavirus off Capitol Hill is still an open question among GOP
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Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court appears ready to cap lawmakers’ power to subpoena presidents
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Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: Coronavirus causing scheduling havoc, but Senate presses ahead with other business
[jwp-video n=”1″] Under a prior agreement, a trio of amendments are in order, along with potential side-by-side counterproposals from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or a senator of his
Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court could reshape congressional subpoena power in Trump case
[jwp-video n=”1″] The oral arguments, which will be conducted remotely over the telephone because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mean the high court will step into a case that is a microcosm of the
Congress · 116th Congress
The Senate and partisanship return to the Capitol
[jwp-video n=”1″] It’s easy to understand Coons’ frustration, since confirmations that require a simple majority vote are a foregone conclusion in today’s Senate.
Congress · 116th Congress
What to do with all that hydroxychloroquine Trump touted?
The Strategic National Stockpile since April 1 has shipped to states 28 million tablets of a malaria drug that President Donald Trump touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19.
White House · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid talks on pause, top White House official says
She and House Democratic committee leaders have been putting together another package that’s likely to exceed $1 trillion, though it wasn’t yet clear if the measure would be ready for a vote next
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate Democrats want $9 billion to fight COVID-19 overseas
[jwp-video n=”1″] “For nearly a century, the U.S. has worked with our partners and allies to address global threats, and provide for the common good,” Menendez said in a statement.
Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
‘Adapt and overcome’: A veteran Blue Star mom hits the ‘virtual’ campaign trail
[jwp-video n=”1″] Women with military or national security experience helped Democrats wrest control of the House in 2018, thanks to newcomers such as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Abigail
White House · 116th Congress
House legal fight for grand jury materials lands at Supreme Court
Circuit found, in a 2-1 ruling on March 10, that the House’s impeachment of President Donald Trump counted as a “judicial proceeding,” which qualifies the committee for an exemption to rules that typically
Policy · 116th Congress
States weigh what to do with millions of malaria pills
The Strategic National Stockpile has shipped 28 million tablets of a malaria drug that President Donald Trump touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 to states since April 1.
Policy · 116th Congress
Uranium firm takes virus aid, says crisis hasn’t affected business
A Colorado uranium company that pressed the Trump administration to set up barriers against imports and found allies for that cause in Congress received a nearly $1 million loan for relief from the coronavirus
Opinion · 116th Congress
Has a pandemic changed America or revealed its heart?
[jwp-video n=”1″] There was little sympathy for health care workers or those standing at fast-moving lines at the meat processing plants that have become virus hot spots.