Congress · 117th Congress
Concerns grow about lame-duck appetite to stop steep budget cuts
“Without a critical lifeline from Congress, hard choices will need to be made regarding services, staffing and patients’ access.”
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Congress · 117th Congress
Path uncertain for US-Taiwan free trade deal despite Hill support
However, the Biden administration last summer allowed the trade promotion authority passed by Congress in 2015 to expire without pushing for it to be renewed.
Congress · 117th Congress
House panel eyes diversity in hiring, especially at small firms
“I get really interested in scalable proposals, examples of what the private sector is really doing in addressing the challenges of their lowest-paid employees,” Himes, D-Conn., said last week.
Congress · 117th Congress
Stopgap funding bill passes Senate; House vote on deck Friday
“We as a party have to be for something that we stand for, and we got to all be willing to pay for it without borrowing from future generations, which we’re currently doing,” Braun added.
Congress · 117th Congress
Ginni Thomas appears before House panel probing Jan. 6 attack
“It’s unprecedented, but so was the insurrection and the effort that led up to it,” Roth said. “So I think you have two sides of the unprecedented coin here.”
Congress · 117th Congress
With Manchin’s bill aside, other permitting proposals await
Schumer said he would proceed with a spending bill to fund the government into mid-December without Manchin’s provision.
Congress · 117th Congress
After funding tech research, lawmakers look at risk of theft
Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the committee, said at the hearing. “Our nation now faces a dramatically different threat landscape than it did even a couple of decades ago,” Warner said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Ways and Means leaders working on lame-duck Social Security fix
Fixing the windfall elimination provision “is important to a lot of us, but if there’s going to be these gargantuan battles, I don’t know,” Brown said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Record pace for green cards won’t last without congressional action
“I think that the fact that the agency was able to issue twice the normal annual allocation, over 280,000 employment-based immigrant visas, is a significant accomplishment,” Turansick said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward
Grijalva, D-Ariz., said that while he would likely support the CR without the permitting provisions, “it becomes very difficult” to support the bill if Manchin’s language is included.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers walk tightrope on upping Taiwan’s diplomatic status as Biden casts doubt on ‘ambiguity’
respond to various actions the U.S. could take to try bolstering Taiwan without sparking an escalation.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Senators to seek action on Democratic political disclosure bill
“Right now, advocacy groups can run ads on issues, attacking or supporting a candidate right until Election Day, without disclosing who’s paying for that ad,” Biden said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill
Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Wednesday.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin: Energy permitting bill to be ready Wednesday
Manchin said he knew the “far left” wouldn’t support the permitting overhaul but that he was a bit dismayed at the level of GOP opposition, as he acknowledged “it doesn’t pass without the Republicans
Congress · 117th Congress
House Democrats seek diplomatic solution to permitting impasse
“I had not done that because I wasn’t comfortable acting like a single broker on this,” the Arizona Democrat said in an interview. “It’s bigger than myself.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pandemic fatigue threatens COVID-19, monkeypox funding requests
“Firefighters are not expected to fight fire without water, nor are members of the military expected to fight wars without weapons.
Congress · 117th Congress
This ‘weird committee’ isn’t calling it quits quite yet
“There is a strong contingent outside of Congress that’s very engaged on these issues and they care deeply about them,” she said. “I don’t see the cohort going away.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Doctors lobby Congress for Medicare payment bump, again
“I think Congress probably isn’t thrilled they have to address this again, but they would be hard-pressed not to,” said Claire Ernst, director of government affairs for Medical Group Management Association
Congress · 117th Congress
Immigrant advocates pan scope of eligibility for new ‘Dreamers’ rule
“Yesterday’s rule essentially takes the DACA program from 2012 and turns it into a fossil,” said Karen Tumlin, founder and director of the Justice Action Center.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers may argue about climate change, but they want seawalls
He said, “Have I seen an increase? I can’t say that for a fact.”