Health · 119th Congress
Senate panel sees opening, however slight, for health care deal
"I'm hoping that we can find a bill that can get 60 votes that can fix the problem with these changes for Jan. 1, 2026."
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Congress · 117th Congress
Graves plans aggressive oversight as transportation panel chairman
In a November letter to Amtrak, Graves demanded a staff briefing on Amtrak awarding executive annual bonuses of $200,000 despite the corporation’s adjusted operating earnings being negative $1 billion
Policy · 117th Congress
Budget bill would task EPA to scrutinize companies’ climate goals
More than 1 in 5 shareholder proposals on environmental, social and governance issues filed during the 2022 proxy season were related to climate change, according to a report led by shareholder advocacy
Congress · 117th Congress
NDAA a magnet for far-reaching amendments
Although Congress passed a law in 2010 that reduced statutory penalties for crack cocaine offenses to produce an 18-to-1 crack-to-powder ratio for length of sentences — down from 100-to-1 from 1986
Congress · 117th Congress
House easily passes NDAA
The massive piece of legislation would authorize $1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine and force the Biden administration to keep developing a nuclear cruise missile that officials had wanted
Congress · 117th Congress
Virginia follows Texas to punish sending of unsolicited nude pics online
Glenn Youngkin has signed the bill, and it will take effect July 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress cuts humanitarian spending despite billions for Ukraine
supplemental humanitarian funding for Ukraine is excluded, the baseline fiscal 2022 spending level for humanitarian accounts covered by the State-Foreign Operations title comes in at $6.8 billion — a $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats plot March legislative push on inflation
A group of Democrats introduced a bill last week to cut the excise tax on gasoline produced, imported or sold from 18.4 cents per gallon to zero until Jan. 1, 2023.
Congress · 117th Congress
Optimism waning in Senate about budget reconciliation vote this month
Menendez has said he won’t agree to a revenue-raising SALT plan and favors exemptions for individuals making up to $550,000 and married couples making close to but not above $1 million.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin’s opioids tax plan faces pushback from lobbying groups
The 1-cent fee on each milligram of active opioid ingredient per dose would be footed by manufacturers, producers or importers, with some discounts or rebates given when prescribed to hospice and cancer
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats, Republicans agree to short-term debt limit increase
benefits scheduled for Oct. 20 could be delayed by five days.Food stamp benefits due Oct. 25 would be delayed by a week.Federal employee salaries due to be paid Oct. 29 could be postponed by 11 days.Nov. 1
Congress · 117th Congress
China-wary lawmakers look to boost U.S. investment in Caribbean
“It would appear that over the past 15 or so years, China’s economic influence in the Caribbean area has gone from $1 billion to $8 billion.”
Policy · 117th Congress
Federal courts boost request for judicial reinforcements
That includes concerns about which president would pick those judges, the roughly $1 million annual cost each new judgeship would bring, and whether any measure should make bigger changes, particularly
Policy · 117th Congress
Ethiopia violence stokes alarm in Washington about civil war
Some 1 million people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray area are experiencing famine-like conditions, and an estimated 5.2 million of the region’s 6 million people need some form of humanitarian aid,
Congress · 117th Congress
Foreign aid for Afghanistan in flux after Taliban takeover
“We need Congress and the White House to be working with us right now on what happens Sept. 1 and forward,” said Rita Sharma, vice president of U.S. programs and policy advocacy at CARE, a major
Policy · 117th Congress
10 things to know about the infrastructure bill
That proposal ultimately received $1 billion, a sum Osborne deemed insufficient.
Policy · 117th Congress
Investors press firms on donations as political spending jumps
The party’s voting and ethics overhaul, known as HR 1 in the House and S 1 in the Senate, includes provisions that would repeal the restriction on use of SEC funding to finalize rules related to political
Policy · 117th Congress
Budget release starts a process that will run through summer
was “essential that Congress, on a bipartisan and bicameral basis, work with the president to negotiate budget toplines” to be able to start writing the spending bills for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
Policy · 117th Congress
Vaccine shortage complicates return to classrooms
[jwp-video n=”1″] The vaccine shortage was made more acute in states where governors followed the advice of former President Donald Trump’s top health officials to broaden eligibility to millions