Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Disarray OK?
Disagreements between McCarthy and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell aren’t new.
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Congress · 117th Congress
CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades
“Not all of it is really re-allocatable. We’re constrained in a lot of ways in our ability to do that,” she said.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Warnock win in Georgia runoff boosts Democrats’ Senate control
JB Poersch, the president of the Senate Majority PAC, noted Warnock’s win makes this year “the first midterm since 1934 where the party in power successfully defended every incumbent Senate seat.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
How to stay ‘alarmingly authentic’ while working on the Hill
When the Senate confirmed the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, it was Valle-Riestra who told that story as the press secretary for the Senate Judiciary Committee that Durbin chairs.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
How vulnerable House incumbents fared in the 2022 midterms
The son of a former governor who lost bids for Senate in 2006 and a Republican House nomination in 2000, Kean was leading by nearly 5 percentage points Thursday morning.
Policy · 117th Congress
Possible end of emergency spurs debate on Medicaid
projects nearly 7 million people will lose Medicaid coverage despite still being eligible, in what’s known as “administrative churn” — the temporary loss of Medicaid coverage when enrollees disenroll then re-enroll
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers walk tightrope on upping Taiwan’s diplomatic status as Biden casts doubt on ‘ambiguity’
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, with bipartisan support, advanced that measure to the floor, as amended, with backers saying they are optimistic it would significantly aid in re-stabilizing
Congress · 117th Congress
Pandemic fatigue threatens COVID-19, monkeypox funding requests
It isn’t a question of money; you have been given astonishing amounts of money,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ranking member Richard M.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Murkowski, Palin advance to November in Alaska races
Murkowski, the only GOP impeachment supporter seeking reelection in the Senate this year, was the top vote-getter in early returns.
Congress · 117th Congress
Thune breaks through Democratic bloc on ‘vote-a-rama’ amendments
More than 15 hours later, after voting on 37 amendments and dilatory motions, the Senate concluded the “vote-a-rama” and proceeded to final passage.
Congress · 117th Congress
Compromise veterans bill passes House, heads back to Senate
That buyout money would normally be taxed as income, so the Senate sponsors wanted to make that tax-free.
Congress · 117th Congress
Amended veterans toxic exposure bill teed up in House
The alternative would have been to jump through the traditional procedural hoops in the Senate this month to get the blue slip problem fixed, including a motion to request the return of the Senate-passed
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden pick to lead ICE withdraws after domestic violence allegation
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to advance his nomination in August.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers explore options for Ukraine war crimes investigations
“It is vitally important that the United States hold the line against rehabilitating the [Assad] regime,” said Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Jim Risch, R-Idaho., at a Wednesday committee
Congress · 117th Congress
Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak
“TBD on when it will re-open.” Protesters gathered outside Supreme Court justices’ homes over the weekend, an exceedingly rare personal outcry about court action, chanting “we will not go back.”
Congress · 117th Congress
Police shortage prompts Capitol to begin using security contractors
The move “will free up the USCP officers to focus on their critical mission to protect the Capitol complex,” according to the announcement from House Sergeant at Arms William Walker, Senate Sergeant
Congress · 117th Congress
House votes to legalize cannabis, but Senate has its own ideas
“The Senate works with its own schedule,” said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
New polls confirm Democratic problems for November
That November, Democrats re-took the House majority from the GOP, while the GOP added two seats to its majority in the Senate.
Congress · 117th Congress
Longshoremen seek workers’ comp law change for COVID-19 coverage
“violates long-established law, re-writes existing employer/insurer contracts, and raises constitutional issues.”
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration gives protected status to Ukrainians
Democratic lawmakers and advocates have pressed for the administration to designate or re-designate TPS to additional countries, including Central American nations, in an effort to grant some form of legal