In Ohio, Biden pushes bipartisan bill as way to curb inflation - Roll Call Biden travels to hot spot in fall campaign, but keeps remarks bipartisan as he urges Congress to pass competitiveness package. Roll Call · May 6, 2022
What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Ohio and Indiana WASHINGTON — A series of weekly congressional primaries in May starts Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana, and the outcomes over the coming weeks will help settle or add fuel to the debate over how influential a kingmaker former President Donald Trump is. Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022
What to watch in Tuesday's primaries in Ohio and Indiana - Roll Call Races will test the strength of endorsements by Trump and Bernie Sanders, and measure how enthusiastic voters are about the midterms. Roll Call · May 2, 2022
2022 midterms: What to know about Ohio, Indiana primaries The first multistate contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place Tuesday The Independent UK · May 2, 2022
Lawmakers seek tax break for car dealers facing supply troubles A bipartisan contingent of lawmakers is pressing to give car dealerships relief from bigger tax bills they could face due to global microchip shortages that have pinched the supply of new vehicles. Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022
Lawmakers seek tax break for car dealers facing supply troubles - Roll Call Bigger tax bills loom as pandemic-related global microchip shortages pinch the supply of new vehicles, limiting dealer deductions. Roll Call · Apr 28, 2022
Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote - Roll Call Lisa Cook, who would become the first Black woman to join the Fed board, encountered another obstacle in COVID-19 cases among Democrats. Roll Call · Apr 26, 2022
Biden Administration Dodges Marijuana Decriminalization Question: Will Joe Legalize It? The unofficial marijuana holiday 4/20 on Wednesday once again stirred up discussion among top lawmakers and officials in the U.S. about the drug's legal status. Benzinga · Apr 21, 2022
Biden to nominate crisis veteran Barr as fed banking supervisor President Joe Biden will nominate Michael Barr, a Treasury Department veteran and one of the architects of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s chief banking supervisor. Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022
Biden will nominate Michael Barr as Fed’s banking supervisor President Joe Biden will nominate Michael Barr, a Treasury Department veteran and one of the architects of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s chief banking supervisor. Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022
Biden picks Michael Barr for Fed's bank regulation post President Joe Biden says he plans to nominate Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman of supervision The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022
Who Is Standing In The Way Of Marijuana Legalization? GOP Support For Cannabis Growing Though Slowly Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently revealed that in a joint effort with his colleagues, he plans to reach out to Republican senators to find out what "they want" to see included in Benzinga · Apr 12, 2022
Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 17 (April 7, 2022) In this issue: 48 candidates running in Alaska’s special U.S. House election and a rundown of recent Senate forums in Pennsylvania Ballotpedia · Apr 7, 2022
Senate dining workers avert layoffs and will ‘keep fighting’ - Roll Call “They may treat you like you’re expendable, but you are essential workers,” Sen. Sherrod Brown said as dining employees picketed. Roll Call · Apr 6, 2022
Roll Call · Apr 5, 2022 Obama and Biden reunite to tout signature health care law - Roll Call President Obama returned to the White House Tuesday to celebrate the Affordable Care Act with his former vice president, Joe Biden.
Roll Call · Mar 31, 2022 They work in the halls of power. But Senate dining workers are ‘still struggling’ - Roll Call “I’ve known the senators for so many years,” one dining worker says. “But they don’t know what happens, really, with us.”
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 Windfall profits tax, consumer rebate options under discussion WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Democrats are discussing ways to tax large oil and gas companies’ excess profits that could be tied to the recent spike in global crude oil prices and use the revenue to provide financial support to consumers impacted by higher costs at the pump.
Roll Call · Mar 24, 2022 Windfall profits tax, consumer rebate options under discussion - Roll Call Driven by sharply higher gas prices, Democrats are discussing ways to tax large oil and gas companies' excess profits and return the money to consumers.
Roll Call · Mar 16, 2022 Senate Banking advances Powell, two other Fed nominees after Raskin withdrawal - Roll Call Senate Banking Republicans provided the quorum the panel needed Wednesday to vote on Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other nominees.
Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022 Raskin’s nomination takes a hit as Manchin backs separate Fed votes Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination to be Federal Reserve vice chair of supervision has taken another hit as key Senate Democrat Joe Manchin suggests President Joe Biden’s other four central bank nominees move forward without her.
Ballotpedia · Feb 25, 2022 Senators argue against private facial recognition for unemployment insurance proof of identity U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) published a letter to the U.S. labor secretary on Feb. 15 arguing against the outsourcing of facial recognition and identity verification for unemployment insurance benefits to the private sector.
Reuters · Feb 24, 2022 Putin to be hit with new U.S. sanctions -Bloomberg reporter, citing Senator Sherrod Brown Russian President Vladimir Putin will be hit personally with sanctions by the United States, a Bloomberg reporter said on Twitter, citing Senator Sherrod Brown.
Roll Call · Feb 17, 2022 How do you solve a problem like a Republican boycott? - Roll Call Senate Republicans have flexed their minority power to stop the confirmation process for several of President Joe Biden’s nominees.
The Guardian - US · Feb 16, 2022 Texas sues Biden administration to stop mask mandates on planes – as it happened State attorney general challenges CDC mask rules on transport – follow all the day’s politics news
The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2022 Jury finds New York Times did not defame Sarah Palin – as it happened Former Republican vice-presidential nominee sued the newspaper in 2017 claiming an editorial damaged her career