Tag: Congress
They Were at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Now They’re Running for Congress.
A handful of Republicans who heeded President Donald J. Trump’s call to march to the Capitol are now vying to return to Washington, this time as lawma [...]
Howard Rosenthal, Who Quantified Partisanship in Congress, Dies at 83
He took part in studies that found the widening ideological divide to be the largest since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
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Trump PAC paid lawyers almost $1 million amid Georgia, New York probes
Former President Donald Trump's political action committee, Save America, paid nearly $1 million to civil and criminal defense attorneys in July alone [...]
Mary Peltola, the Democrat Who Could Become the First Alaska Native in Congress
Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker, surprised even some of her own supporters by taking the lead over Sarah Palin for an open congressional seat.
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Inflation Reduction Act to cap costs for Medicare patients on insulin
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesA new legislative package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday is a big win for Medicare p [...]
Congress Must Decide How Cryptos Should Be Regulated, Former CFTC Commissioner Says
Dawn Stump joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss crypto regulation and why Congress may need to step in.
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A delegation from the US including members of Congress has arrived in Taiwan for a visit
The US delegation is being led by Senator Ed Markey. Markey chairs the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Su [...]
Inflation Reduction Act limits pass-through tax break for 2 more years
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., discusses the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Ti [...]
Congress will likely decide the fate of crypto jurisdiction: Lummis staffer
A United States Senator Cynthia Lummis staffer believes that U.S. Congress will have to step in and resolve the dispute between the Securities and Exc [...]
Congress Is Giving Billions to the Chip Industry. Strings Are Attached.
It’s an embrace of industrial policy not seen in Washington for decades. Gary Hufbauer, a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for Inte [...]
Congress Clears Bill to Make Officer Suicides Eligible for Death Benefits
WASHINGTON — Congress has approved bipartisan legislation that would extend a benefits program for the families of public safety officers who are kill [...]
Zelenska to Congress: ‘Russia is destroying our people’
After thanking Congress for the tens of billions of dollars in military and humanitarian assistance, Zelenska said more needs to be done. She specifi [...]
House Democrats push for Biden’s billionaire minimum income tax
Erik McGregor | LightRocket | Getty ImagesAs Democrats plow forward with a slimmed-down reconciliation package, House lawmakers are separately pushing [...]
Health secretary calls on Congress and states to do more to help contain monkeypox outbreak
People wait in line for the monkeypox vaccine at the Balboa Sports Center in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on July 27, 2022.Roby [...]
As Congress Debated Landmark China Bill, Beijing Surged Ahead
In the weeks before the House and the Senate ended 13 months of arguments and passed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, China’s main, state-suppo [...]