Policy · 119th Congress
Worker shortage looms over new US nuclear power focus
↵↵"We have aggressive goals and aggressive timelines," Craig Piercy, CEO American Nuclear Society, said in a recent interview.
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Congress · 119th Congress
No quick fix for Head Start funding as programs start to close
↵↵Senate Democrats also ran a "hotline" last week to gauge support for a package of funding bills that included the chamber's fiscal 2026 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations measure, which covers dollars
Cole: No time to waste electing new House Appropriations chair
We’re already way behind the [fiscal 2025] timelines, I would argue, let’s just have the election now," Cole, R-Okla., said in an interview Wednesday. "Whoever wins, wins.
White House’s EV tax credit implementation in the spotlight
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., raised concerns about forced labor abuses in the production of cobalt and other critical minerals sourced from China and Congo.
Republicans see conflict in Biden push for critical minerals
On Tuesday the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will consider a bill introduced by subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber, R-Minn., that would set timelines for federal
Congress · 117th Congress
Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda
Based on a summary Manchin released, the bill would set timelines for environmental reviews of projects, create a statute of limitations for court challenges, and speed up approval of the Mountain
Congress · 117th Congress
Child care funds likely spared the budget ax other programs face
Those program timelines are what is most likely to change to get down to the new $350 billion total, but the exact structure is still being negotiated.
Policy · 116th Congress
H-1B workers lose jobs, legal status amid pandemic
H-1B visa holders have to abide by strict rules and timelines to maintain their legal status, said Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute.
FDA Plan for Generic Drug Names Gets Panned by FTC
At a hearing in September, Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, told senators on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee she hoped
Proposed Changes to Education Act Undermine Civil-Rights Protections for New Majority of Students | Commentary
Amendments that could have restored these provisions were withdrawn, and the ECAA was rushed through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for consideration on the Senate floor.
Hill Climbers: Catholic Education Shaped Politics
After graduation, she went back to political communications, working as a press assistant for what was then the House Education and Labor Committee. It was there that Kahanek earned her chops.
Obama Faces Pressure on Trade Deals
Obama has called for a third trade agreement with South Korea to move forward, but has been non-committal on Colombia and Panama, citing concerns over issues such as tax transparency and labor conditions
Henry Waxman in His Element
Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and health care legislation that he wrote with Education and Labor Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) and Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) — that he characterized as among
Lobbying of GOP Heats Up on Health Care
Rather than focusing on timelines, it’s frankly worth focusing on the fact that several Members in the room expect to come up with a bipartisan agreement — and come up with it soon.
Road Map: Leaders Eyeing One More Week in August
August session only works if the Senate Finance Committee can actually introduce a health care bill this week, mark it up next week and carefully weave it together with a separate Health, Education, Labor
Abercrombie: Cost Overrun Reduction Needed
That $296 billion in cost overruns would cover the annual budgets for the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Health and Human Services, State, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development
Appropriations Lines Softening
Senate Democratic leaders, in particular, seemed to step back from their previous refusals to even consider providing Iraq War funding without troop withdrawal timelines, tacitly acknowledging that
Reid Loath to Leave Town With Another CR
Will centrist Democrats support Iraq funding without troop pullout timelines? How much does the desire to leave town before Christmas Eve affect all of that?
House to Be Scene of Partisan Warfare This Week
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) reluctant to spark another showdown with the White House, Democrats are likely to abandon their efforts to set specific timelines
The Week Ahead: War Spending, Al Gore at Center Stage
Correction Appended Concerns over war spending and timelines for withdrawal of troops from Iraq remain the focus of Congress this week with a massive supplemental appropriations bill due to