Campaigns · 116th Congress
Even with one-party rule, Biden health care plan is no slam dunk
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Congress · 116th Congress
Constituent communications went digital due to COVID-19, and that could stick, report says
Davis, for instance, needed a new computer because the one she had been using didn’t support the videoconferencing programs needed for committee business and constituent work.
Congress · 116th Congress
Amodei considers it, while other House offices shuffle to meet constituent needs
down action in the House.
Congress · 116th Congress
Amid coronavirus, Ted Cruz’s Texas tour goes virtual
Wednesday featured calls with people in Tyler, Texarkana and Lufkin, his office said.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic pushes states to vote-by-mail, bringing new challenges
House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday proposed providing as much as $4 billion in federal grants to the EAC.
Congress · 116th Congress
Sweeping economic aid bill to counter coronavirus passes Senate
The Labor official told lawmakers that only six or eight states had computer systems in place that could handle such a change.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate coronavirus stimulus passage likely despite jobless benefits dispute
Durbin, D-Ill., said state computer systems aren’t equipped to calculate benefits based on individual salaries.
Policy · 116th Congress
How fake audio, like deepfakes, could plague business, politics
Computer-synthesized voices are not new. Anyone familiar with Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home devices, or Apple’s Siri, already knows the soothing female voice that answers queries.
Congress · 116th Congress
Charleston mass murderer got his gun because of background check gaps, internal report shows
The FBI calls the three-business-day window before a dealer can make a sale without a completed background check the “Brady Transaction Period.”
Congress · 116th Congress
Whistleblower can’t explain Trump’s DNC missing server theory
President Donald Trump of pressuring the president of Ukraine to influence the 2020 U.S. election wrote in a complaint that he or she was unsure why Trump also asked the foreign leader to turn over a hacked computer
Congress · 116th Congress
Big Tech now squarely in the sights of antitrust forces
Not all lawmakers are enthusiastic about the House investigation.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Mueller report is a reminder that Russian hack hit House races, too
Such attacks typically involve sending an email that appears to be from a trusted address but contains code that makes the computer and possibly its network vulnerable to the hacker.
Congress · 116th Congress
Boeing faces increasing political pressure to ground 737 Max 8
Those calls came as President Donald Trump complained that advanced models of air transport like Boeing’s were the real danger. “Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly.