Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Capitol Lens | Pelosi in focus
Ferrell/CQ Roll Call) Pelosi conducts a news conference in the Capitol on March 1, 2013.
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‘That’s where I wanted to be’ — from appropriations to Au Bon Pain scoops
Roll Call reporters Kathryn Lyons, left, and Katherine Tully-McManus pose in front of the House Members’ Dining Room in the Capitol on Oct. 1, 2019. The restaurant had recently been opened to the public during recess.
Congress · 117th Congress
New NDAA advocates bulkier national defense budget
It would prohibit the retirement of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet, and prevent or modify the retirement plans for various aircraft, including B-1, F-15, E-3 AWACS and C-40 aircraft.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The fight over faith in politics: Which faith? Whose values?
Senate with Democrat Cheri Beasley, had a Day 1 conflict — Donald Trump’s Friday rally in Wilmington, N.C.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget
Last year’s vote was 25-1, with Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the sole opponent.
Congress · 117th Congress
How David Trone went from Total Wine to opioid opponent in Congress
Q: Fighting opioid addiction is probably your No. 1 issue, and one that’s near to your heart. Can you talk about that? A: We had a nephew, Ian Trone.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
What’s in the new voting bill the Senate is trying to take up
new package comes mainly from two bills, including the Freedom to Vote Act, which was itself a compromise offered by Manchin in response to a broader House bill known as the For the People Act, or HR 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Why Marc Morial is ‘damn worried’ about the state of American democracy
So much of the fiscal focus of the nation in the last 20 years has been, No. 1, of overseas wars, where we’ve spent $8 trillion. No. 2, tax cuts heavily skewed to the wealthiest Americans.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
5 things to know about the voting rights bill named for John Lewis
conservatives ramp up their opposition and as voting rights activists push for the bill and another high-profile piece of Democrats’ agenda, a broader campaign finance and elections overhaul known as HR 1.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Biden, Manchin singled out as voting rights rally demands end to filibuster
A companion measure called the For the People Act, or HR 1, that would overhaul voting, ethics and campaign finance laws, stalled in the chamber in June after a procedural vote to begin debate did not
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Clyburn: Pass voting bills or Democrats will lose majorities
The House has passed one sweeping bill — dubbed HR 1, or the For the People Act — that sets standards for voting and overhauls campaign finance and ethics law.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending July 23, 2021
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White House · 117th Congress
Garland zeroes in on voting rights
Schumer has said the chamber would vote on the elections, campaign finance and the ethics overhaul, known as S 1, this month. It is not expected to get enough votes to clear a procedural hurdle.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Preparing for the election, whatever the rules
I’m not suggesting it’s time for Democrats to turn the page on the For the People Act (HR 1) and the John R.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin unmoved by civil rights meeting as Democrats look for path on elections overhaul
But Pelosi and other Democrats say it is not a suitable swap for the sweeping, 800-plus-page package, known as the For the People Act and dubbed HR 1 in the House and S 1 in the Senate.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden puts voting rights in Harris’ portfolio ahead of Senate debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] As Biden knows from his 36 years as Delaware senator and eight more as vice president, a majority can change Senate rules by using the “nuclear option” — in a 50-50 Senate,
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Raphael Warnock, the ‘senator reverend,’ keeps preaching most Sundays
[jwp-video n=”1″] A balancing act Warnock, who styles himself as Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock on his official Senate website, has consistently sought to inhabit the common language of faith
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
We started a podcast about ‘political theater.’ Then the term went through the wringer
Brandon Wetherbee, host of “You, Me, Them, Everybody” (Episode 1, January 2018) Gary Hart is driven out in 1987, not because the public decides, we will not have a president who’s had an affair.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Jaime Harrison says Democrats won’t cede South to GOP
HR 1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are so important and crucial to pushing back against these efforts to suppress the right to vote.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senators squabble over voting rights, underscoring deep division on state efforts
state’s first Black senator in a January special election runoff, testified before the committee Tuesday and called for the Senate to act urgently on Leahy’s bill and a broader House-passed measure, HR 1.