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Amid tensions surrounding the presidential election results, the Capitol Police plan to bolster security when Congress convenes in a joint session next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify
The Georgia math, with the two Senate seats set to determine control of the chamber, sets up an odd period of suspended animation.
Sitting members of Congress cannot serve as electors, but members-elect can because they fulfill their duty as electors weeks before entering Congress.
USDA suspended the zoo’s license this summer, and shortly after, Lowe announced he would permanently close operations, an action court battles had already set in motion.
documents obtained by our Committees show OMB took legally binding steps to cater to the President’s dangerous and misguided whims, using an apportionment footnote to freeze expiring funds and circumvent Congress
But in response to widespread criticism, he suspended many of the changes until after the election.
for the 9th Circuit backed that district court decision in June, finding that the transfer violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution, which “exclusively grants the power of the purse to Congress
So thousands of craft brewers, wineries and distillers would have to pay higher taxes as early as April if Congress doesn’t extend their break beyond Dec. 31.
As Congress returned to work at the Capitol later in the spring, the Senate put in place some recommendations for social distancing.
essence, an oversight hearing of a relatively small government agency, but what it amounted to was yet another indictment of a bureau taken over by a Trump ally and made unrecognizable to the members of Congress
The allegations have sparked little action so far from Congress, which oversees the Capitol Police and allocates taxpayer funds for its operations.
Democrats feared Trump might refuse to sign a lame duck stopgap measure — forcing a shutdown just before lawmakers are scheduled to wrap up the 116th Congress and leave Washington for their winter break
DeCamp, which pre-pandemic delivered between 6,500 and 7,000 commuters a day to New York, suspended commuter operations in March. On June 8, it reopened, carrying 400 passengers on a good day.
A federal judge has found that the Capitol Police did not engage in unlawful gender discrimination against veteran officer Jodi Breiterman when it suspended and demoted her from the rank of sergeant.
With just weeks left in the legislative year, Congress faces two big transportation deadlines on Sept. 30, a transportation to-do list and potentially dire consequences if it does not act.
Earlier this week, DeJoy suspended operational changes ahead of the election under pressure from Democrats.
Congress is racing to finish negotiations on another coronavirus relief package as jobless benefits are set to expire this week, but lawmakers are carving out time to honor John Lewis as he lies in state
Since then, members of Congress who had once been pages and other advocates have pushed to reinstate the program, to no avail. [jwp-video n=”1″]
She failed to disclose her 2019 stock trades, a requirement under the STOCK Act for all members of Congress.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within DHS, has suspended all in-person services, including naturalization ceremonies, citing fears of spreading COVID-19.