Policy · 117th Congress
Competition bill could carry high-skilled immigration changes
</p> The Senate voted Wednesday to move forward with resolving differences between its bill and the House-passed version.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Administration faces risks in decision on public health emergency
</p> The House passed a bill to allow states to begin Medicaid redeterminations on April 1 even if the public health emergency continues.
Policy · 117th Congress
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84
</p> Albright, 84, died of cancer in Washington, according to news reports.
Policy · 117th Congress
Democrats emphasize border security as midterms loom
</p> The bill has yet to be marked up in committee, but it has gained traction among moderate lawmakers. Sen.
Policy · 117th Congress
ICE claims ‘unabated’ legal access in detention during pandemic
</p> A representative for ICE didn’t return requests for comment on the report.
Policy · 117th Congress
White House says new funds needed for boosters, existing money difficult to repurpose
</p> The House is working on a supplemental funding bill but hasn’t agreed on offsets. House Democrats dropped a planned vote on the bill March 9 and haven’t yet scheduled a new one.
Congress · 117th Congress
As Democrats eye gas price relief measures, some are skeptical
</p> Ways and Means Democrats Mike Thompson of California and John B. Larson of Connecticut introduced a bill with Rep.
Policy · 117th Congress
Rapid corporate exodus from Russia is seen as a lesson for ESG investors, regulators
</p> “It’s not just golden rule statements.
Congress · 117th Congress
In the game of earmarks, Shelby has no peers
</p> Senate Labor-HHS-Education ranking member Roy Blunt, R-Mo., came in third at $265 million; $181 million was in his own subcommittee bill.
Congress · 117th Congress
Spending deal undercuts Biden’s UN climate pledge
</p> The spending bill eliminated funding for the Green Climate Fund, a U.N. project to help emerging economies prepare for and mitigate climate change, and cut funding for the Clean Technology Fund,
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress cuts humanitarian spending despite billions for Ukraine
</p> [Senate clears $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill]</p> The Biden administration had requested over $8.5 billion in total fiscal 2022 funding spread over two principal humanitarian aid accounts:
Congress · 117th Congress
Federal courts streamline path for judicial financial reports
</p> The Senate passed an amended bill last month to require online publication of judicial financial disclosure reports, along with a searchable database of those reports, and require federal judges
Congress · 117th Congress
‘White flag’: Three reasons why progressives’ executive order push is striking
</p> “If anything distinguishes the current push from prior ones, it’s the timing,” William Galston of the Brookings Institution, an aide in the Bill Clinton White House, said Tuesday.
Congress · 117th Congress
WH sees immediate cuts to COVID-19 response without more funds
</p> The White House requested $22.5 billion from Congress for supplemental COVID-19 aid, but House lawmakers are now working on a bill that would provide $15.6 billion.
Congress · 117th Congress
Omnibus includes $183 million to make Humvees safer to drive
</p> Still, the inclusion of the funding is a victory for military vehicle safety advocates.
Congress · 117th Congress
China-UAE ties raise US technology safety questions for lawmakers
</p> In a fiscal 2022 intelligence authorization bill that was tucked into an omnibus spending measure passed last week, lawmakers asked U.S. spy agencies to assess and provide details on the “cooperation
Policy · 117th Congress
Texas Supreme Court rules against abortion providers
</p> Other states have looked to implement more restrictive abortion laws, such as a Texas-style proposal from a Missouri Republican that seeks to go even further.</p> State Rep.
Policy · 117th Congress
Exxon Mobil’s lobbying report sets benchmark, ESG advocates say
</p> ESG investors’ push for greater disclosure on political spending and lobbying efforts has attracted attention from some lawmakers. A bill (HR 1087) from Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense spending deal bristles with weapons Biden didn’t seek
</p> Montana Democrat Jon Tester, the chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said he and his colleagues produced “the best bill possible.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Violence Against Women Act set for renewal in spending package
</p> Last month, a bipartisan group of senators unveiled details of a new authorization bill, which removed a key firearms provision that had held up talks for months.