Santos off to slow start on constituent casework - Roll Call House offices can handle many constituent tax cases a month. The embattled New York Republican hasn’t. Roll Call · Jul 20, 2023
Latest proposal to prohibit member stock trading adds executive branch ban A bipartisan Senate bill introduced Wednesday would ban stock trading and individual stock ownership by members of Congress, executive branch officials and their families. Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023
Latest proposal to prohibit member stock trading adds executive branch ban - Roll Call A Senate bill would ban stock trading by members of Congress, executive branch officials and their families. Roll Call · Jul 19, 2023
Democrats revive the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo -- facing an unlikely uphill battle to get it enshrined into law Democrats in Congress are making a new push to get the long-dormant proposed Equal Rights Amendment enshrined into law. As legislation, it would guarantee sex equality in the Constitution and could serve as a potential legal antidote to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,… The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023
New Crypto Bill Aims To Circumvent SEC's Regulation-by-Enforcement Strategy Plus: Steep drop in confidence in higher education, what The Bear can teach us about dynamism and bureaucracy, and more... Reason · Jul 13, 2023
Senators Lummis and Gillibrand finally unveil their revamped crypto bill The legislative proposal inserts the Senate back in the conversation and empowers the CFTC. Fortune · Jul 12, 2023
‘We’re out for revenge’: Media looks to bounce back at congressional softball game Congress’ team pulled off an upset last year, and the Bad News Babes want redemption in 2023 at the annual charity game. Roll Call · Jul 11, 2023
‘Most comprehensive proposal to date’: Lummis and Gillibrand to reintroduce landmark crypto bill The long-awaited legislation would tackle thorny questions like market structure and stablecoin oversight. Fortune · Jul 7, 2023
Federal assistance sought for northeastern vineyards, orchards hit by late frost Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it's the worst frost damage they've ever seen The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators - Roll Call New Senate Republican earmark requesters are angling to fill the shoes left by the retirements of four longtime senators. Roll Call · May 17, 2023
Biden blasts debt limit plan in New York district the GOP flipped After meeting with top congressional leaders, President Joe Biden headed to New York to make the case for a clean debt limit increase. Roll Call · May 10, 2023
AOC calls on Dianne Feinstein to resign The call comes as the Democratic Senator continues to be absent The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
AOC says Feinstein’s refusal to retire is ‘causing great harm’ to US courts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the California Democratic senator should retire, amid a long absence from Congress due to ill health The Guardian - US · May 2, 2023
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘not planning’ to run for Senate seat in 2024 Decision clears way for incumbent New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand to run for re-election unopposed by congresswoman The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2023
Roll Call · Apr 27, 2023 At the Races: Democrats’ Senate forecast brightens? - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.
Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023 Gillibrand looks to bolster UFO office budget WASHINGTON — In a rare open hearing Wednesday on the Pentagon’s so-called UFO office, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., panned the Biden administration for not sufficiently funding the outfit’s research.
Roll Call · Apr 19, 2023 Gillibrand looks to bolster UFO office budget - Roll Call Pentagon office tasked with monitoring UFOs should have a bigger budget, key senator argues following Chinese surveillance balloon incursion.
Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2023 Feinstein needs to decide her future in Senate soon, Klobuchar says WASHINGTON — Dianne Feinstein, who has been absent from the U.S. Senate for weeks due to illness, needs to make a decision soon about her fate if she doesn’t recover enough to return for key votes in the closely divided chamber, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said.
The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2023 Democratic senators condemn federal judge’s ruling to block abortion drug Lawmakers from New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin decry the ruling, now on hold by supreme court until at least 19 April
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023 Congress may boost Puerto Rico food assistance under plan backed by NY Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer WASHINGTON — Americans who need food shouldn’t get vastly less help than other citizens just because they live in Puerto Rico, lawmakers on Capitol Hill said Wednesday as they introduced a bill that would level the scales for the island territory.
Fortune · Mar 8, 2023 Ether and stablecoins are commodities, CFTC’s Behnam argues Contradictory views on cryptocurrencies are setting up a regulatory clash.
Salon · Mar 1, 2023 9/11 heroes still fight for health care Funding for 9/11 health program is set to run out of funding without congressional action
Ballotpedia · Feb 17, 2023 Current presidential candidate field a quarter of the size of 2020’s at this point last cycle Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) announced on Feb. 14 that she was running for president of the United States. In a video, she said, “It’s time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride,…
Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023 USDA tells Senate panel it's struggling to feed needy families WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families.
Roll Call · Jan 26, 2023 At the Races: Citizens, disunited - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.