Policy · 117th Congress
Parents getting kids shots left out of COVID-19 paid leave options
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Congress · 117th Congress
Garret Graves wants to make a point with his $1 billion earmark
Garret Graves says the nearly $1 billion earmark he requested for a bridge in his Louisiana congressional district is hardly a bridge to nowhere.
Congress · 117th Congress
Carper sets ‘aggressive’ timeline for marking up Senate highway bill
The GOP bill would also require the Transportation Department to establish a national VMT implementation pilot program for government-owned vehicles by Oct. 1, 2026.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats push tax hikes on wealthy over infrastructure ‘user fees’
Ron Kind, D-Wis., said his constituents weren’t troubled by Biden’s proposals to raise taxes on the top 1 percent of households and corporations, which would be an easier sell than increasing gasoline
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Don’t assume new Electoral College map will help Republicans
[jwp-video n=”1″] Among those states, Biden won Colorado and Oregon — add two votes there. Trump won Texas, Montana, North Carolina and Florida, a five-vote gain.
Policy · 117th Congress
Expect more wildfires this year. And expect lawmakers to disagree about them
[jwp-video n=”1″] “These days it seems as if the fire season is the entire year,” Haaland noted.
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmark tally for highway bill: $14.8 billion
Garret Graves, R-La., asked for nearly $946 million for full federal funding for a connector project connecting LA 1 to LA 30 in his district.
Policy · 117th Congress
Disinformation can hurt you locally, too
Soon, police departments and 9-1-1 dispatchers were being bombarded by calls from Oregon homeowners who had heard that roving gangs of antifa members were setting fires.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
How states gaining seats will draw their new House maps
[jwp-video n=”1″] Republicans will control the redistricting process in both the Lone Star and Sunshine states, which have gone for the GOP in recent presidential elections.
Congress · 117th Congress
Census results start wave of litigation over new maps
[jwp-video n=”1″] On Monday, the Census Bureau released results from its once-a-decade national headcount.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
8 takeaways from the 2020 census reapportionment of the House
An undercount of Hispanic voters is a logical explanation for this miss, but Census Bureau officials on Monday’s announcement call were not explicit and said it was within 1 percent of pre-census estimates
Policy · 117th Congress
Census Bureau to release first set of 2020 results Monday
Last year, based on data work done separately from the decennial count, the agency estimated between 330 and 335 million people lived in the United States as of April 1, 2020, the reference day for
Congress · 117th Congress
Census: California, Northeast, Midwest lose House seats
population division chief at the Census Bureau, said during Monday’s news conference that the count for Texas and Florida, in particular, fell short of their population estimates for 2020, but still within 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Axing ‘SALT’ limit would widen income gap, witness tells panel
taken advantage of the disunity in the other party on this issue, pointing to a 2019 Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that 52 percent of the benefit from a repeal of the cap would go to those making $1
White House · 117th Congress
White House fears bumpy rollout deterring people from COVID-19 vaccine shots
Every American over the age of 16 is eligible for a shot as of Monday, after President Joe Biden pushed up his original May 1 deadline for states to open up eligibility.
Policy · 117th Congress
As some states rush to redistrict, gerrymandering fight moves to back burner
Silver pointed to HR 1, a major voting and elections bill, as a potential solution to the problem of politically drawn maps.
Congress · 117th Congress
Key Democrats flex ‘SALT’ muscles ahead of infrastructure debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Did you see Mike Thompson was here?” Suozzi said, referring to the California Democrat who chairs the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi backs two-bill infrastructure strategy amid progressives’ push for one
In the coming weeks, Biden is planning to release a second plan for education, health, and child and elder care funding that is expected to cost more than $1 trillion.
Policy · 117th Congress
US confronts ‘digital dagger’ from overseas aimed at top tech companies
[jwp-video n=”1″] The USTR position is “an important affirmation in pushing back on these discriminatory trade barriers as the U.S. continues to work to find a viable solution at the OECD,”
White House · 117th Congress
What’s in Biden’s infrastructure investment, corporate tax plan
The one-time investment is sweeping, covering everything from climate change to workforce development, and would amount to an investment of about 1 percent of the GDP per year over eight years, according