Congress · 119th Congress
Lawmakers’ concerns grow about Americans left stranded in Mideast
Kim said up to 1 million Americans may potentially be in harm's way.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Lawmakers push to reimburse food stamp benefits lost to theft
↵↵"There are still some conversations with some states engaging in possibly some chip technology, but considering what just happened with HR 1, some states are reconsidering if that's the right path,"
Congress · 119th Congress
FEMA to get new interim director ahead of agency review report
↵↵Interim chief David Richardson resigned and will leave the role on Dec. 1, and Karen Evans, formerly a top official at the Energy Department for cybersecurity and emergency response will take the helm
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump draws line in sand on extending ACA credits
"Americans want Congress to extend the ACA tax credits to keep health insurance premiums from skyrocketing on January 1."
Congress · 118th Congress
New ‘SALT’ caucus rejuvenates efforts to relieve deduction cap
that would eliminate the cap for households making up to $400,000, then reinstate the limit on a sliding scale beginning at $60,000 and ultimately phasing out completely for households earning at least $1
Congress · 118th Congress
House passes bill limiting oil reserve sales to China
Republicans, who also had broader criticisms of the move, raised objections to the sale of nearly 1 million barrels of oil to Unipec America, a Houston-based subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned firm
Congress · 117th Congress
Aid bill for 9/11 families exposes rift with former Iran hostages
Annual fund deposits reached a peak of over $1 billion in fiscal 2019, capping years of steady growth.
Policy · 117th Congress
Question for justices: Does California put US pigs in clover?
California is a big agricultural state, but it has less than 1 percent of the nation’s breeding pigs. Californians, however, eat about 13 percent of pork sold in the U.S.
Policy · 117th Congress
Privacy advocates demand rules for mobile providers on data use
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Sept. 1 that lawmakers would need to work on the bill, saying it doesn’t provide the same consumer protections as existing California law.
Policy · 117th Congress
Census missed housing units in rural, Native American areas
In 2010, the agency missed about 1.5 percent of that population, less than 1 percent in 2000, and almost 5 percent in 1990. The 2020 census missed about 3 percent of the Black population.
Congress · 117th Congress
Semiconductor, science bill passes Senate, heads to House
The $11 billion Commerce Department authorization, all of which is on top of baseline funding, includes $10 billion for regional technology hubs and $1 billion for a pilot program to provide economic
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
Reconciliation talks complicated by ‘SALT’ tax hurdle
Their negotiations have focused on a package that would raise roughly $1 trillion in revenue, with half to offset spending initiatives on climate and potentially health care and the other half for deficit
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden will ask Congress for money to combat global hunger
President Joe Biden’s next supplemental spending request for Ukraine will include money to deal with a spiraling global food crisis, the United States’ No. 1 diplomat said in testimony before a Senate
Congress · 117th Congress
Census undercount risks funding for Native American reservations
And the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in northwestern Nevada plans to use a $1 million housing grant this year to build housing for elderly tribal members, a community laundromat, and handicap ramps for elders
Policy · 117th Congress
Government prepares for possible spike in migration
Since the start of fiscal 2022 on Oct. 1, government data shows border officials have recorded more than 900,000 encounters with migrants, a 99 percent increase from the same time frame in fiscal
Policy · 117th Congress
White House will resettle 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
The news came as part of a broader announcement on U.S. humanitarian commitments in Ukraine, including more than $1 billion in new funding, unveiled during President Joe Biden’s overseas trip.
Policy · 117th Congress
US protected status to encompass more than 75,000 Ukrainians
Thursday TPS designation that aims to protect Ukrainian nationals from deportation to a country in the throes of a Russian invasion, which has claimed hundreds of civilian lives and forced more than 1
Policy · 117th Congress
Advocates urge protections for Ukrainians in US
De Peña also suggested a Special Student Relief designation for Ukraine, which would give Ukrainian students in the U.S. on F-1 visas more flexibility in their studies due to “emergent circumstances
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden hits Russia with new export controls and financial sanctions
“The sanctions that we have proposed on all their banks have equal consequence, maybe more consequence than SWIFT, No. 1,” the president said.