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Policy · 116th Congress

Key GOP senator endorses permanent telehealth provisions

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander on Wednesday called on Congress to make permanent two temporary telehealth changes enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Policy · 116th Congress

Immigration agency resumes processing U.S.-based green cards

In its previous guidance to employees, USCIS had tied the processing hold to President Donald Trump’s executive order in April that suspended the entry of most immigrants from overseas.

Policy · 116th Congress

Administration puts ‘hold’ on green card requests from US

Buzzfeed News reported Thursday that USCIS employees had also received additional guidance about the hold, saying it was tied to President Donald Trump’s executive order in April that suspended the

Congress · 116th Congress

House aid package contains key immigration measures

Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within DHS, has suspended all in-person services, including naturalization ceremonies, citing fears of spreading COVID-19.

Policy · 116th Congress

Calls grow for Trump to relax humanitarian sanctions on Iran

As coronavirus infections have yet to peak in the United States, there is no expectation of Congress reconvening to take up a bill that would have the veto-proof support necessary to go over Trump’s head

Congress · 116th Congress

Photos of the week ending March 20, 2020

(Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) As Congress tries to confront the coronavirus effects on the economy, life in Washington becomes defined by social distancing and working from home. A U.S.

Campaigns · 116th Congress

At the Races: Uncharted territory

Coming to a halt: Scores of campaigns suspended in-person fundraisers and door-to-door canvassing in response to the crisis, but some are going further. Arizona GOP Sen.

Policy · 116th Congress

Concerns grow about coronavirus spreading in prisons

Criminal justice and civil rights groups want Congress and federal and state officials to take action to protect the COVID-19 virus from spreading to the nation’s jails and prisons, a particularly vulnerable