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Senate Advances Bill to Compete with China After Deliberations Secure GOP Support

The Senate advanced a bill to increase American competitiveness against China Thursday, clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to limit debate…

5 years ago

Josh Hawley And Kirsten Gillibrand Are Teaming Up To Improve The Military’s Response to Sexual Assault |

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand are teaming up to improve the military’s response…

5 years ago

Laziness and Lying, Both Virtues in Congress

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”—Mark Twain Members of…

5 years ago

Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Protect 4th Amendment

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,…

5 years ago

Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus Backs Gas Tax To Finance Infrastructure Spending

The bipartisan House Problem Solvers’ Caucus backed an increase to the gas tax as a means to finance infrastructure spending,…

5 years ago

Senate Committee Overwhelmingly Approves Bill Ordering Assessment of Wuhan Lab Leak Theory

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 21 to 1 in approval of a wide-ranging China competition bill that includes a…

5 years ago

GOP Senators Slam Biden, Kerry For Actions That Could Raise Energy Costs Ahead Of White House Climate Summit

Senate Banking Committee Republicans urged President Joe Biden against taking actions that could result in higher energy costs ahead of…

5 years ago

Democrats And GOP Aim To Counter Chinese Dominance In AI, Computing With $100 Billion Tech Investment

A bipartisan bill that would provide $100 billion for technology research to address competition from China could build support for some…

5 years ago

Congress is Rolling Out its $1.9 trillion Infrastructure Bill, and Two-thirds of it Has Nothing to do With Infrastructure

The US has some bills that get renewed every so often, and they are monsters. I’m sure you’ve seen me…

5 years ago

Pelosi Breaks With Nadler, Won’t Bring Court Packing Bill To House Floor

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she opposed a Democratic-led bill to pack the Supreme Court and that she…

5 years ago