Policy · 114th Congress
TSA Official ‘Removed’ After Reports of Bonuses
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Policy · 114th Congress
DC Metro Gets More Bad News
What You Missed: House Hearing on Metro Safety and Reliability [jwp-video n=”1″] [ Metro Set to Go Under Congressional Microscope, Again ]
Policy · 114th Congress
Metro Releases Final Plan on Repairs to Rail System
More than 100,000 expected Red Line passenger trips will not run from Oct. 10 to Nov. 1 between Fort Totten and NoMa-Gallaudet in the longest full shutdown of the overhaul.
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Moral Victory on Confederate Flag, Painful Defeat on LGBT Protection
House Erupts in Chaos During LGBT Vote [jwp-video n=”1″] [Decoder: The Confederate Flag Controversy Explained] The success of the amendment offered by Rep.
Policy · 114th Congress
Forum on Supreme Court Nominee Draws Crowd — But No Republicans
Democrats Hold Mock Hearing on Judge Garland [jwp-video n=”1″] “Apparently [Leahy] was overruled,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on the floor.
Policy · 114th Congress
How Michael Bennet Got Lucky
He had loaned his campaign $1 million by the beginning of the second quarter. His campaign has a second cable and broadcast TV ad hitting the airwaves within the week.
Policy · 114th Congress
House Stands Down on Women in the Draft
[jwp-video n=”1″] The change would avoid a potentially contentious debate when the House and Senate meet to reconcile their two versions of the bills later this year.
Policy · 114th Congress
Whistleblower in Capitol Gun Case Sues
On May 1, 2015, Roll Call reported on three instances of police officers leaving hand guns in bathrooms around the Capitol.
Policy · 114th Congress
Metro Cutting Service for Maintenance
[jwp-video n=”1″] The entire Washington Metro rail system will close at midnight each day beginning June 3, cutting off daily service hours earlier in order to jump-start emergency repairs requested
Policy · 114th Congress
White House Hedges on Syrian Refugees
The White House sounded only moderately confident Friday that it will reach President Barack Obama’s goal of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees by Oct. 1.
Policy · 114th Congress
GOP Wants to Cut $23 Billion From Food Stamps
[Related: Ryan Forum will Preview Poverty Agenda] Ryan has proposed deep cuts to food stamp spending in the past, including a plan to cut $1 trillion from the program over 10 years, which
Policy · 114th Congress
Women, Grab your Rifles
Women would be subject to the draft starting Jan. 1, 2018, under the House plan. California Republican Rep.
Policy · 114th Congress
Ask the Wonks: How Can the Senate Do That?
Enzi, R-Wyo., to set forth spending levels for the 2017 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 without the chamber first adopting a budget resolution.
Policy · 114th Congress
Ted Cruz Is Back and Wants to Lower Your Taxes
“That’s why my No. 1 priority if I had been elected president — and my No. 1 priority here in the Senate is fighting for jobs and economic growth because the people who are benefited the most are
Policy · 114th Congress
Family’s Tragedy Drives Opioid Bill
Finally, House Action on Opioids [jwp-video n=”1″] “I just want to take that away from other parents,” said Jody Daitchman, Alex’s mother.
Policy · 114th Congress
Judge Garland Withheld Key Financial Information From Senate
That includes property in New York valued between $1 million and $5 million, as well as a Fidelity index fund and a Fidelity Contrafund each valued in that same range.
Policy · 114th Congress
Finally, House Action on Opioids?
Finally, House Action on Opioids [jwp-video n=”1″] “These trends will not change by simply authorizing new grant programs, studies
Policy · 114th Congress
Zika Scares Major League Baseball Out of Puerto Rico
Nearly 700 cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been confirmed in the U.S. territory between Nov. 1 and April 15.
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How Capitol Hill Will be Affected by Metro Repairs
Ask the Commuters [jwp-video n=”1″] Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans, who once warned that the entire Metro system could be shut down for six months, vowed to increase ridership and said
Policy · 114th Congress
Tempered Expectations Await Obama in Crisis-Plagued Flint
The House has yet to take up a plan, and a Senate water infrastructure reauthorization bill that provides assistance to Flint only moved out of the Environment and Public Works Committee, 19-1,