Policy · 117th Congress
Pandemic year pushed Census to rely on records for count
Existing plans got thrown out the window, said acting Census Bureau Director Ron Jarmin.
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Policy · 117th Congress
‘Dreamer,’ farmworker bills to test Senate waters on immigration
Congress has tried for decades to enact comprehensive immigration legislation without success, so starting next week the House will try a different strategy: passing a pair of more modest bills.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Republicans can’t win the economic argument if they don’t make it in the first place
criticizing the positive economic report, Republicans ought to take credit for producing an economy so strong the country has been able to weather shutting down almost our entire economic system, not without
Congress · 117th Congress
Senators ponder faster trade settlement after GameStop frenzy
Right now, that’s too heavy a lift, Piwowar said.
Opinion · 117th Congress
P is for pandemic — and other lessons of the past year
As Andy Slavitt, a key Biden administration health figure, said at a Monday briefing, “We’re at a pace seen nowhere else around the world.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Capitol Police, DC National Guard leaders need emergency authority to act, review finds
“I think a lot of the recommendations are spot-on,” said Illinois Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Swalwell seeks to hold Trump, Brooks responsible for Jan. 6 insurrection
He has also said the attacks were preplanned before he ever spoke at the rally.
Congress · 117th Congress
Dueling unemployment proposals delay Senate votes on aid bill
“Right now I feel bad for Joe Manchin,” said Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D. “I hope the Geneva Convention applies to him.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate sets new mark for longest recorded vote thanks to vote-a-rama 2021
“I haven’t talked to him in two hours so I don’t know,” he said of Manchin. As the vote dragged on, senators returned to their offices, ate lunch and then dinner.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate grinds toward ‘vote-a-rama’ finish line on huge aid bill
The previous record — on whether to bar U.S. strikes on Iran without congressional authorization — lasted 10 hours and 8 minutes in June 2019. “Well my goodness,” McConnell deadpanned.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats ready to field House-passed bills but expect obstacles
“I hope, on a couple of bills, that even if we know that we can’t get enough votes, we put it on the floor, debate it and vote on it,” Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said. Virginia Sen.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate in for another long night, and day, on pandemic relief
The fiscal 2021 budget resolution allows for the deficit to increase by nearly $1.9 trillion to accommodate the emergency spending without any offsetting cuts or tax increases.
Congress · 117th Congress
DC Guard chief details Pentagon delays during Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
“I believe that number could have made a difference,” Walker said during a joint hearing Wednesday of the Senate Rules and Administration and Homeland Security committees.
Opinion · 117th Congress
For Joe Biden, unity is for Democrats only
And I ask every American to join me in this cause.” Nice sentiment, but was it sincere?
Policy · 117th Congress
SolarWinds hack may lead to breach notification law and stronger cyber agency
Without a law and clear guidance, companies don’t know whom to alert when they’re hacked, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said at a joint hearing of the House Oversight and Reform and House Homeland
Policy · 117th Congress
As more migrant children arrive, Biden faces political hurdles
The Department of Health and Human Services, which takes custody of migrant children who arrive in the U.S. without a parent, had approximately 7,600 children in its care as of Friday, more than
Congress · 117th Congress
Why Democrats should learn to stop worrying and love reconciliation
Before 1974, there was no way to end debate without meeting some kind of supermajority threshold, or waiting until filibusterers physically exhausted themselves.
Policy · 117th Congress
Officials promote COVID-19 shots, plan more advice on behavior
“As a physician, I strongly urge everyone in America to get the first vaccine that is available to you when it is your turn,” Nunez-Smith said.
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi’s virus relief win shows she can keep her majority together
Seven passed without any Democratic dissent. Pelosi is starting with the same list of bills in 2021.
Policy · 117th Congress
Pandemic challenges, Trump rules await Cardona at Education
“I think the bigger issue that the administration will need to focus on is addressing all of the needs that children are going to be bringing back into school with them,” he said.