Policy · 116th Congress
New federal dietary guidelines dish out familiar rules
The advisory committee had recommended that added sugars account for less than 6 percent of total daily calories in the diets of adults and children older than 2.
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Congress · 116th Congress
Trump signs massive omnibus spending, coronavirus relief package
The Senate then cleared the measure by a vote of 92-6 a few hours later.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Bannon talk shows Trump attack on election could damage GOP long-term
GOP leadership in the Senate is discouraging Republican senators from contesting any states during the Electoral College ratification on Jan. 6.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate clears massive year-end spending bill with coronavirus relief
The Senate cleared the measure on a 92-6 vote after a brief debate that mainly focused on the underlying bill’s one-year extension of production tax credits for wind energy.
Policy · 116th Congress
Interior pushes ahead on drilling in Alaska refuge, but hurdles await
BLM said details about the lease sale, including an official notice, will be published Monday and the auction to drill in the ecologically sensitive region will occur via livestream on Jan. 6.Â
Policy · 116th Congress
FDA authorization of COVID-19 vaccines would set off a scramble
Redfield testified to Congress that an estimated $6 billion is needed, while health departments are seeking $8 billion.
Policy · 116th Congress
SCOTUS may take up cases on abortion and LGBT rights
The court’s new 6-3 conservative majority means a case’s fate is less likely to lie in the hands of Chief Justice John G.
Policy · 116th Congress
Hit by pandemic, Amtrak is making cuts that may endure
In an Aug. 6 Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing for two Amtrak board of directors nominees, Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump calls off coronavirus relief package talks until after elections
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2020 The president’s announcement comes shortly after he held a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who had been negotiating with Pelosi, Senate Majority
Policy · 116th Congress
Environmental action, laws may face new hurdles on high court
Corrected, Oct. 6 | A conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court could deal a crippling blow to environmental laws on the books, water down climate regulations tied up in court and make it harder
Opinion · 116th Congress
Good riddance to the summer of 2020
A Sept. 6-8 Economist/YouGov poll found a majority of Biden voters were voting against Trump rather than for Biden by a 54 percent to 43 percent margin.Â
Campaigns · 116th Congress
DNC fact check: Biden speech needs context on pandemic, tax cuts and Social Security
The Tax Policy Center estimated that about 65% of households paid less in federal income tax in 2018 under the tax law than they would have paid under the old tax laws, while about 6% paid more.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Florida primary roundup: GOP gets preferred challenger to Mucarsel-Powell, Posey survives
Shalala flipped the longtime GOP seat in 2018, defeating the former TV anchor by 6 points.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Michigan primaries: Tlaib wins, and GOP may get another woman in the House
Democrats have hopes of flipping the seat after Upton won by just 6 points in 2018, the closest race of his congressional career.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The virus and the fabulist in chief in the White House
The 30-year-old Freeman is a 6-foot-5-inch professional athlete — and the virus was powerful enough to make him fear for his life. Just the flu?
Opinion · 116th Congress
America — Halfway between hope and heartbreak
Leaving legal arguments aside, Monday’s 6-to-3 Supreme Court decision outlawing job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (with Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch writing for the
Congress · 116th Congress
Transportation providers focused on the relief bill parade
Hauptli, president and CEO of the American Association of Airport Executives, acknowledged the regrettable situation for the industry at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing May 6.
Congress · 116th Congress
Pilots demand recommended COVID-19 protocols be required
Some Democrats in the Senate, too, say they agree airlines should do better: Democratic members of the  Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee suggested during a May 6 hearing that
Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats’ bill would force airlines to make more refunds
In a May 6 hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Nicholas Calio, president and CEO of industry group Airlines for America, said offering refunds for all canceled flights
Policy · 116th Congress
Farmers are coming around on climate change
Crop farmers can turn to no-till farming that avoids turning over 6 to 10 inches of soil that releases carbon and exposes bare soil to wind and evaporation in order to plant seeds.