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
Satellite licensing bill advances after Cruz, Cantwell deal
That change came after Cantwell pointed last week to an application from Elon Musk's Starlink for a constellation of up to 1 million "orbital data centers."
Congress · 119th Congress
Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track
↵↵While Sheehy's hold may now be resolved, it also serves as a case study in how the most arcane policy dispute can tie up work on long-delayed appropriations for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
NASA nominee denies conflict of interest with Musk
↵↵The request also sought a $647 million boost for space exploration, putting lunar exploration at $7 billion and "Mars-focused" programs at $1 billion.
Congress · 119th Congress
Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts
↵↵After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an end, Senate leaders were eager to get going on long-delayed appropriations work for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Congress · 119th Congress
FAA to cut a tenth of flights starting Friday due to shutdown
↵↵The partial government shutdown that started Oct. 1 has become the longest in history.
White House · 118th Congress
Biden may call out airlines, tout infrastructure funding at SOTU
At a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Feb. 1, industry leaders welcomed Republicans’ oversight agenda while GOP lawmakers continued to criticize the administration for
Congress · 118th Congress
Manchin pushes stricter electric vehicle credit rules
Manchin’s new bill would retroactively put into effect battery and critical mineral sourcing mandates starting from Jan. 1 of this year, rather than giving leeway until Treasury produces guidance
White House · 117th Congress
In administration campaign on ‘junk fees,’ CFPB targets banks
“Today’s actions are going to save consumers more than $1 billion each year, and that’s a lot of money back in people’s pockets.”
White House · 117th Congress
‘Constructive’ talk but no deal as Granholm meets oil execs
The president said Wednesday that he hoped a combination of federal and state fuel-tax holidays and additional production by fuel refiners could lower pump prices by about $1 per gallon.
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
White House · 117th Congress
Biden to visit Iowa ethanol plant as officials hit road to tout rural aid efforts
The first stage of the $1 billion five-year program will take requests for proposals in May and make awards in November.
Congress · 117th Congress
After a true infrastructure year, focus turns to implementation
The equity provision, meanwhile, received just $1 billion.
Congress · 117th Congress
House sends infrastructure bill to Biden without budget vote
Malinowski, who had originally backed a more sweeping infrastructure bill that passed the House July 1, said while the bill “may not give us everything we wanted, it does give us everything we need
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats tout climate spending in reconciliation
The legislation also would raise revenues by increasing royalty rates and fees on oil and gas operations on federal lands and establish a new hard rock mining royalty projected to raise as much as $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden makes $1.75T sales pitch to House Democrats
An additional $125 billion would come from a 1 percent surcharge that would be levied on corporations when they buy back shares of their own stock.
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden headed to Capitol Hill to try to bridge Democratic divide
bill, which would reauthorize surface transportation programs and includes $550 billion in new funding for roads, bridges, broadband and other infrastructure projects, up for a vote by midnight Oct. 1,
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden signs funding boost to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan
Repatriation Program from $1 million to $10 million this fiscal year and next, with the money in this case set aside for Americans evacuated from Afghanistan after the U.S. troop pullout, which was completed
Congress · 117th Congress
Hurricane Ida highlights infrastructure priorities
Cassidy, who advocated for including coastal resiliency funding in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the Senate by a 69-30 margin on Aug. 10, said Monday that he was among the more than 1
White House · 117th Congress
Afghan refugee arrivals will test US resettlement system
Airbnb has already offered to house 20,000 refugees worldwide for free, and Walmart Inc. has promised $1 million to groups that help refugees.