by Jason Harward | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Staring down a possible default on the federal debt in less than two weeks, congressional leaders Tuesday remained firm in their positions on how to raise the debt ceiling, with Senate Republicans refusing to give Democrats any avenue to address the debt...
by Delaney Nelson | Oct 5, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — One month after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, legislators called Tuesday for faster and more effective disaster responses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which some said has kept their constituents waiting for federal aid for far...
by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco told a Senate hearing Tuesday that the pandemic has exacerbated the increased demand for services for survivors of sexual violence as senators consider a bill to strengthen and renew the Violence Against Women Act. ...
by Mary Yang and Dan Hu | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Progressive and moderate House Democrats continued their weeks-long brawl Thursday on the $1 trillion infrastructure act and the $3.5 trillion social spending bill — the Build Back Better Act. Both part of President Joe Biden’s agenda, the two...
by Ali McCadden and Mikayla Denault | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Activists and progressive Democrats including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush protested on the Capitol lawn Thursday, demanding that Congress include immigration reform in the $3.5 trillion social spending bill and connect it to the $1...
by Dan Hu | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Weeks of tension between moderate and progressive House Democrats will continue at least one more day, following the delay of a crucial vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The vote was scheduled for Thursday – but House Speaker Nancy...
by Zinya Salfiti | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Top defense experts said al-Qaida and the jihadist movement are big beneficiaries of the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan at a Senate hearing Thursday, part of a series of congressional hearings aimed at understanding how the 20-year, $2 trillion war...
by Jason Harward | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Congress passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday, averting a government shutdown and maintaining the federal government’s budget at current levels for the next two months. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill shortly after 6 p.m. Eastern...
by Yiming Fu | Sep 30, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON —- For years, the NCAA has governed itself. Now, NCAA President Mark Emmert is turning to Congress. Speaking at a House Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee hearing, Emmert called for quick congressional action Thursday to standardize legislation...
by Rayna Song | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Wiping away tears, Rep. Cori Bush on Thursday told a House committee the story of her rape at age 17 to demonstrate the need for abortion rights and less restrictive access to abortion. “When he was done, he got up, he pulled up his pants, and...
by Baylor Spears | Sep 29, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — On a sunny Wednesday outside the Capitol, Republican Rep. Bob Good began a news conference about his bill to block federal funds for schools that teach critical race theory by saying Congress must be “diligent” in uncovering and eliminating such teaching...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Sep 29, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday defended the Supreme Court’s decision to decline a request to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, saying it was not unusual for the court to use the “shadow docket” to...
