Policy · 117th Congress
Environment panel advances Regan nomination for EPA
The bipartisan 14-6 vote bodes well for the nomination as it heads to the full Senate. Environment and Public Works Chairman Thomas R.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby announces he will retire after 2022
More than three dozen House Democrats have introduced a resolution to censure Brooks for comments he made at a rally before the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, but he said the notoriety has an upside
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Capitol attack, threats not deterring congressional hopefuls
And recent security questions underscore the persistent threats facing lawmakers, which were on full display as a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Policy · 117th Congress
Congressional mandates unfulfilled by Trump’s Interior Department
[Interior watchdog to examine Jan. 6 Capitol riot, events before] Bill Lee, of The Trust for Public Land, was blunt about the transfer of the urban parks funding.
Policy · 117th Congress
Cardenas previews COVID-19 package to address racial inequities
“Sometimes, if, if an organization is trying to serve someone, and that’s someone who’s an adult, and that someone doesn’t speak very much English, you might be talking to a 6-year-old child, and
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Kevin McCarthy taps Trump donors in seeking to retake House majority
It comes at a pivotal moment for the GOP as party insiders wrestle with the role that will now be played by Trump, whose supporters rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6 but who also remains hugely popular
Congress · 117th Congress
Brain drain to Biden administration comes at time of crisis for Capitol Hill
The disparities of the Capitol as a workplace were thrown into sharp relief on Jan. 6, when supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the building, some sporting racist symbols or waving
Policy · 117th Congress
Advocates urge Biden, Congress to leave Section 230 intact
Calls by Democrats to overhaul the 1996 law, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, have intensified since the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Policy · 117th Congress
Health groups’ push to end donations may lack political punch
Corrected 6:10 p.m. | Big-name health care corporations and lobbying groups made a show of cutting off lawmakers from political donations following the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
Congress · 117th Congress
House GOP moves to shore up some at-risk members with Appropriations seats
Three of the committee’s new GOP members voted to reject Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s presidential election results after a mob of Trump supporters overtook the Capitol building on Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Meet the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump
Cheney circulated a 21-page memo to the GOP conference before the Jan. 6 votes objecting to Biden’s Electoral College victory, saying the measures set an “exceptionally dangerous precedent.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats fume at tech companies, but legislation may be elusive
In the days after the Jan. 6 attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol, Facebook and Twitter initially suspended Trump’s accounts.
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.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congressional leaders indifferent to bolstering stock transaction rules for lawmakers
Asked at a Dec. 6 debate if members should be barred from trading stocks, Loeffler did not answer the question directly.
Policy · 116th Congress
Buttigieg would bring his agenda and Biden’s to Department of Transportation
$1 trillion Just as Biden hopes his infrastructure plan will create jobs, Buttigieg’s own infrastructure plan promised to create 6 million well-paying jobs, clean up the environment and create affordable
Congress · 116th Congress
Hill leaders seek to clinch spending, coronavirus aid deals
The New York Democrat later told reporters that $6 billion for distribution in the bipartisan group’s bill isn’t enough. Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman contributed to this report.
Congress · 116th Congress
In a GOP Senate, Biden’s Cabinet faces a gantlet
John Barrasso of Wyoming, who chairs the Senate GOP conference, explained in a Dec. 6 Wall Street Journal op-ed that he and his colleagues are holding a grudge.
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.
Policy · 116th Congress
Broad powers won’t make it easy for Biden to shift trade policy
investigation found that a French digital services tax was discriminatory, but the administration delayed imposing 25 percent tariffs on French cosmetics and handbags valued at $1.3 billion until Jan. 6,
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Election energy revs up on abortion policy
Republicans are in sight of a 6-3 majority, the culmination of a nearly five-decade push to remake the courts after the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case affirmed a nationwide right to abortion.