Congress · 119th Congress
White House proposes new taxes to boost US shipbuilding
The report offers a range of possibilities, from a 1-cent-per-kilogram tax, raising $66 billion over a decade, to a 25-cent tax raising $1.5 trillion.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language
↵↵Likewise, the Professional Services Council, a trade group that represents hundreds of federal contractors and more than 1 million employees, expressed strong opposition to the Warren-Sheehy proposal
Policy · 118th Congress
As Willow project decision nears, Alaska ponders ties to oil
In its environmental analysis released Feb. 1, Interior recommended narrowing the project from five drilling sites to three, though the department said it has “substantial concerns” about Willow
Congress · 118th Congress
Alaska Democrat: Environmentalism and oil need to ‘coexist’
And the infrastructure necessary for the project would make it easier to build other developments nearby, like proposed drill sites Cassin, West Willow, Harpoon, Merlin 1 and Merlin 2 — which would lead
Policy · 118th Congress
EPA blocks mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed
Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, while acknowledging that some in the state may be disappointed, celebrated the decision and said that rebuilding salmon runs and protecting fisheries was the No. 1 reason she ran
Congress · 118th Congress
Guide to House committee chairs for 118th Congress
Williams received at least $1 million in 2020 for his auto business, money that he said helped to save many jobs. Nydia M.
Congress · 117th Congress
White House seeks more Ukraine weapons support in Senate NDAA
standoff The administration also strongly opposes continued funding for the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) and its associated warhead, and any attempts to delay the retirement of the B83-1
Congress · 117th Congress
Rubio backs $33 billion Florida hurricane aid supplemental
.$1 billion for the EPA, most of which would fund clean water grants.$400 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, half of which would go toward fisheries assistance.$300 million
Policy · 117th Congress
Justices question test for determining protected wetlands
United States resulted in a splinter 4-1-4 ruling that provided two different tests for determining which wetlands and other waterways are protected under the CWA.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin unveils permitting proposal as battle lines harden
Schumer, D-N.Y., has pledged to include the legislation in a continuing resolution needed to fund the federal government before the beginning of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biological weapons threat evolving, experts say
While naturally occurring disease is typically viewed as something other than a national security threat, the coronavirus took more than 1 million American lives — more than all the country’s wars
Congress · 117th Congress
Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters
Congress officially enacted ARPA-H with $1 billion in the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending package, but competing bills in the House and Senate would fill in the details of how the agency would operate, how
Policy · 117th Congress
Army tells House panel of enormous personnel shortfalls
The survey also showed that 1 in 6 military families has trouble feeding its members — a problem that pre-dated both the pandemic and the recent surge of inflation but that has not gone away.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation
Defense inflation goes by a different measure, and it is not known what prices will be like for the Pentagon from Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023, the time period covered by the legislation.
Policy · 117th Congress
House panel’s NDAA, unlike Senate’s, sticks to Biden’s budget
fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which the committee will mark up in a daylong session on Wednesday, would authorize $802.4 billion for national defense in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
Afghanistan’s fall was inevitable once U.S. left, watchdog finds
The bill provides $4 million for oversight activity by the State Department inspector general, with an additional $1 million for the U.S.
Policy · 117th Congress
Inflation may shrink Biden’s big defense plan
It is not known whether the Ukraine war and inflation will still be raging during the time the fiscal 2023 bill would presumably be in effect, if it were enacted on time — that is, from Oct. 1, 2022
Congress · 117th Congress
In the game of earmarks, Shelby has no peers
That figure represents about 0.6 percent of the total package, coming in below a cap of 1 percent of appropriated funds Democratic leaders established last year.
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense spending deal bristles with weapons Biden didn’t seek
If this budget continues to grow at 6 percent annually in nominal terms, it will exceed $1 trillion in four years.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP decries cost of Pentagon anti-extremism and diversity training
Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, indicating that the armed forces dedicated nearly 6 million hours and about $1 million in additional expenses to training sessions focused on these