Policy · 117th Congress
FCC approves broadband stipend for low-income families hit by pandemic
</p> Congress created the program last December and included $3.2 billion for it in the fiscal 2021 omnibus spending package.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Reformers say HR 1 will fortify our democracy. Science shows it won’t
The campaign finance portion of the bill — a top priority for the Biden administration — includes stricter disclosure requirements, a “small dollar” public financing system for federal offices, a call
Congress · 117th Congress
House appropriators officially bring back earmarks, ending ban
</p> The new provisions will require the Appropriations Committee to release a list of “community project funding” 24 hours before the full committee marks up the bill.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
House set to move on elections overhaul as outside advocates focus on Senate
</p> Wertheimer added that how Senate Democrats might figure out a way to pass the bill was above his “pay grade.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers begin to develop legislative response to Capitol attack
</p> House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney of New York has introduced a bill to help investigators that could move with the commission bill.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Reconciliation, corrupted by Congress: May it R.I.P.
But the current Democratic reconciliation bill and the 2017 Republican tax reconciliation measure have paid scant attention to the country’s mounting debt load.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photo of the day: Gimme 5
They held a small rally outside the Capitol complex to urge Congress to pass the $15 federal minimum wage hike proposed as part of the COVID-19 relief bill.
Congress · 117th Congress
Parties make more ‘Byrd rule’ arguments to parliamentarian
</p> The discussion Thursday morning involving aides to the Finance, Budget and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions panels centered on a section of the House-drafted bill that would pump some $86 billion
Congress · 117th Congress
Hoyer wants votes to run on strict schedule, but it’s easier said than done
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was protesting the LGBTQ anti-discrimination bill the chamber was preparing to vote on. Greene’s motion was rejected 199-219.
Video · 117th Congress
Rand Paul’s questions of transgender nominee were ‘obscene,’ says advocate
</p> If confirmed, Levine would be the highest-ranking transgender political appointee in the federal government.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate parliamentarian nixes minimum wage boost in aid package
senators that the federal minimum wage increase President Joe Biden and Democrats have been seeking would violate the chamber’s rules for inclusion in a filibuster-proof pandemic relief reconciliation bill
Opinion · 117th Congress
Politicians who hate government give government a bad name
Bill or Social Security, government programs that have histories of discrimination against deserving Black citizens, and then preach austerity and pulling oneself up by the bootstraps.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Can you cancel a civil war?
</p> Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who leads the NRSC, declared in a memo to voters and donors this week that the GOP “civil war has been cancelled.” </p> Not so fast.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘Where am I?’: Black staffers describe hurdles of working on Capitol Hill
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> As low as those figures are, they’re an improvement, and Brenson says the trends are reason to hope.
Policy · 117th Congress
Democrats start gauging support for immigration overhaul
</p> Last week while introducing the bill, Menendez told reporters that while the focus is on the entire bill, it would also be “great” if individual pieces of it could pass.
Policy · 117th Congress
Funding remains a hurdle for latest highway bill push
</p> The comments by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia could foreshadow what will likely be the most insurmountable hurdle to any infrastructure bill: money.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate parliamentarian hears arguments on coronavirus relief bill
</p> GOP appropriations staff argued during the meeting that the funds are within the Appropriations Committee’s jurisdiction and should not be allowed in a reconciliation bill, and that the precedent
Campaigns · 117th Congress
GOP testing ways to make relief package a burden for battleground Democrats
</p> The bill provides public financing for candidates who raise at least $50,000 in small donations from at least 1,000 donors, and who agree to accept no more than $1,000 from any donor.
Policy · 117th Congress
Abortion emerges as key division in Becerra’s Finance hearing
Bill Cassidy, R-La., who is undecided on how he will vote, said he expects Becerra to be confirmed.