Spending Allocations Agreed as Dec. 20 Deadline Looms
With less than three weeks left before government funding runs out, negotiators from the Republican-led Senate and Democratic-controlled House have ag...
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Congress Tees Up CR to Hold Off Shutdown Till Holidays
Congress plans to vote this week on a continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 20. The move buys time for Democrats and Republicans t...
What to Watch Ahead of 2020 Congressional Races
Congressional campaigns are taking stock of off-year election results in Kentucky, Virginia, and Mississippi as they ramp up their plans for the next ...
AI, Privacy Top Rep. Jerry McNerney’s Tech Agenda
Artificial intelligence, digital privacy, and other technology policy debates are all issues Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) plans to address as a lead...
Fight Over Armenian Killings Comes to House Floor
The House this week will vote on condemning the Ottoman Empire’s slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians during and after World War I under a nonbinding re...
Foreign Election Meddling Targeted By House Bills
Foreign offers of assistance to federal campaigns would have to be reported to law enforcement under a bill the House plans to take up this week. Othe...
Hong Kong Protests Poised for Boost from House
Hong Kong Protests Poised for Boost from House (Podcast) The House plans to show its support for ongoing protests in Hong Kong by considering two bipa...
GOP Targets South's Only Democratic Governor
Voters in Louisiana will go to the polls Saturday for the state’s open gubernatorial primary, as incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) tries to hold off...
‘Mod-Com’ Panel Looks to Fix Congress
Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) and Tom Graves (R-Ga.) are leading a bipartisan panel of lawmakers developing recommendations to improve the workings of ...
Rep. Greg Walden Talks Data Privacy
Tech needs a made-in-America data privacy standard, House Energy and Commerce ranking member Greg Walden (R-Ore.) told the audience at the Bloomberg L...