Congress · 116th Congress
House rules package offers compromise on members’ requests
The rules package is expected to get a vote on Monday, the second day of the new Congress.
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Congress · 116th Congress
House rules would exempt coronavirus, climate bills from budget limits
The new rules package for the 117th Congress unveiled by House Democrats on Friday would grant a sweeping new exemption from deficit controls for legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic or efforts
Congress · 116th Congress
Opening day for the Senate won’t be clean break from the old
Graham said he wants standalone votes on all three priorities Trump has recently championed early in the 117th Congress.
Congress · 116th Congress
House GOP votes boost Trump’s $2,000 checks proposal
That’s more than half the entire COVID-19 aid measure Trump signed on Sunday.
Congress · 116th Congress
House votes to override Trump veto of defense bill
Dozens of House lawmakers voted by proxy, taking advantage of a pandemic-era change to House rules. The Senate does not have such a rule in place.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress ditches State Department bill after fight with Ivanka Trump
(Lawmakers in 2016 were able to pass a slimmed-down authorization measure that updated rules for embassy security and personnel practices).
White House · 116th Congress
Trump’s threats to massive spending bill spoil Christmas break
[jwp-video n=”1″] [Trump demands Congress ‘amend’ massive spending package] Pelosi tweeted that the House could pass a bill boosting the checks’ size to $2,000 by unanimous consent on Christmas
Congress · 116th Congress
Bipartisan group’s success on COVID-19 relief could just be the beginning
Everybody’s talking about bipartisanship in the Senate, but the cross-party cooperation that led to Congress on Monday passing nearly $900 billion in coronavirus relief started in the House.
Policy · 116th Congress
Miguel Cardona in line for Education secretary
Biden had not made an official announcement on Tuesday, but Sen. Christopher S.
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden climate team’s foes: Time, politics and bureaucracy
environmental issues, restoring and revising climate-related regulations eliminated or weakened by the Trump administration, nudging along climate legislation in Congress and doing it all in the midst
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate clears massive year-end spending bill with coronavirus relief
As insurance against a partial government shutdown, lawmakers also sent Trump a weeklong continuing resolution on Monday night, with little over an hour until the current funding extension was set to lapse
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump signs two-day stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown
President Donald Trump on Friday night signed a very short-term spending bill to avoid a midnight government funding lapse, as negotiators continued to hash out a massive omnibus spending and coronavirus
Policy · 116th Congress
In waning days, DOE eases appliance test rules
The test rule, published Dec. 11, is mixed in a blitz of rules the Energy Department has finalized in recent weeks, including two President Donald Trump belabored on the campaign trail.
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden taps Haaland for Interior, N.C. environment chief Regan for EPA
Biden in November named former Secretary of State John Kerry to be his global climate envoy with a seat on the National Security Council.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senators clash as panel hears discredited claims of election fraud
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., this week congratulated Biden on his victory and rejected Trump’s claims about fraud and attempts to get Congress involved in overturning the outcome
Congress · 116th Congress
Electoral votes are in, but congressional count may hold another round of drama
out, these will likely be the same states that Brooks and his allies focus on if they move forward in challenging the electoral process in Congress.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Four decades and counting — the GOP’s shift to the right is bigger than the Democrats’ shift left
My job was to write for The Political Report, a little-circulated weekly newsletter that reported on House and Senate races.
Congress · 116th Congress
To constrain a presidency, House Democrats seek Republican support
House Democrats want to act quickly next Congress on legislation that constrains the type of behavior that President Donald Trump brought to the White House over the past four years, in the hopes that
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden faces pressure on women’s health, LGBT issues
Progressive groups are already pushing President-elect Joe Biden to reverse a number of Trump administration health policies next year, with an emphasis on those that affect low-income, minority and LGBT
Congress · 116th Congress
House votes to decriminalize marijuana
Congress has used its annual budget to prohibit funding the pursuit of those acting within state medical marijuana laws, but there are exceptions, and recreational users enjoy no such protection under