Congress · 117th Congress
Senate preps more confirmations as House goes for committee work week
The Jan. 6 insurrection highlighted Washington’s inability to call in the D.C. National Guard as rioters breached the Capitol.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Effort to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene could set pattern for sustained partisan war
One of them was a measure to award the Capitol Police and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department Congressional Gold Medals for their heroism on Jan. 6.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Vote set for June 1 to fill Haaland seat in New Mexico’s 1st District
Under state law, its results must be certified by April 6. The Democratic candidates include: State Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez who ran against Haaland in the 2018 primary; State Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats set the bar high for COVID-19 relief law’s success
Brian Higgins of Buffalo, N.Y., said it would boost economic growth by 6 percent, a rate, he acknowledged, “not seen in many, many decades.”
Congress · 117th Congress
House sends massive coronavirus relief bill to Biden
But they extended the length of the program by about a week, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, and made the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits exempt from federal taxes for those earning up to $150,000.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP support for Biden’s deputy budget director pick falters
The Homeland panel voted 7-6 along party lines to report Young’s nomination to the floor.
Policy · 117th Congress
Ending COVID-19: A reporter’s vaccination story
, my initial dose of either a trial vaccine or a placebo (with a two-thirds chance of being the real thing) was actually delayed because of the lockdown of the nation’s capital that followed the Jan. 6
Congress · 117th Congress
Factions on the left and right are standing down for now
At the same time, more than 60 percent said they sided with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in his charge that Trump bore moral responsibility for provoking the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Congress · 117th Congress
Variety of last-minute changes made to Senate aid package
The flurry of activity on Friday and Saturday that resulted in trimming added unemployment benefits from $400 to $300 per week, coupled with a one-week extension to Sept. 6, also probably freed up
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate passes massive COVID-19 relief bill, sending changes back to House
Schumer brokered deals to reduce federal unemployment insurance payments from the $400 included in the House-passed package to $300 per week through Sep. 6.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending March 5, 2021
The window was damaged during the Jan. 6 mob attack.
White House · 117th Congress
After Tanden withdrawal, Biden nominees slowly roll on toward confirmation
Many of the delays in the confirmation process can be attributed to the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and the subsequent Trump impeachment and trial.
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police chief disputes FBI’s account of pre-insurrection warnings
only an email warning of “war” at the Capitol, disputing testimony Tuesday by FBI Director Christopher Wray, who said his agency communicated the intelligence three different ways on the eve of the Jan. 6
Congress · 117th Congress
With guns as backdrop, Boebert opposes committee firearm ban
She said members should be allowed to carry guns given the threats reflected in the fencing and other security measures implemented since the violent insurrection attempt on Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Quite a week,’ Pelosi says, previewing more to come
Security investigations In the background as Congress presses ahead with legislative business and annual traditions are ongoing investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Freedom: A force to be reckoned with
Carlos Gimenez was born in Cuba, coming to the United States with his family when he was 6 years old. The families of both Reps.
Congress · 117th Congress
Jan. 6 riot weakened Congress’ soft power abroad, experts say
The glass has been swept up, the graffiti cleaned off and authorities continue to identify and arrest rioters who participated in the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Road Ahead: Budget markups, impeachment trial define week
The Senate is embarking on its second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump this week, focused on his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Congress · 117th Congress
Impeachment trial first: No public view of proceedings as COVID-19 and press access questions remain
The trial will take place behind a towering fence dotted with National Guard troops that was erected after pro-Trump rioters overran police and pillaged the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats’ coronavirus relief plan would curb tax payments for high earners
Child tax credits would go from $2,000 per child to $3,000, and to $3,600 for children under 6 years of age, and be made fully refundable for lower-income workers who don’t have enough tax liability