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Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., objects to the veterans bill on budgetary grounds, calling it a "gimmick" that allows extra spending.

Veterans toxic exposure bill delayed as cloture attempt rejected

By David Lerman
Posted July 27, 2022 at 7:19pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference Wednesday.

Health care budget bill to face open-ended ‘vote-a-rama’

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 27, 2022 at 3:42pm
Intel Corp. CEO Pat Gelsinger testifies March 23 at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on U.S. semiconductor manufacturing competitiveness.

Semiconductor, science bill passes Senate, heads to House

By Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 27, 2022 at 1:13pm
Several Republicans switched votes on an economic competitiveness package after Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., added other science-related provisions.

‘Chips-plus’ bill advances toward final passage in Senate

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 26, 2022 at 1:04pm, Updated at 5:31pm
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., went to work behind the scenes after the expansive bill got stripped down.

How the ‘chips-plus’ bill grew by nearly 1,000 pages

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 26, 2022 at 11:47am
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler warns of “dire consequences” without congressional action to block government use of data without warrants or subpoenas.

Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 26, 2022 at 7:00am
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, named R&D expensing as his top priority for a year-end package.

Leftovers pile up for year-end tax bill menu

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 26, 2022 at 5:30am
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, shown in March, calls a Trump-era regulatory shift "essentially a giveaway to gun manufacturers. "

Democrats blast Commerce for overseeing heavy increase in gun exports

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 25, 2022 at 2:38pm
Rep. Robert C. Scott will chair a committee business meeting on July 27 to vote on a Democratic plan to reauthorize federal child nutrition programs.

House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted July 25, 2022 at 2:28pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and his Democratic caucus have a lot to do before the August recess begins.

This week: House begins busy sprint to August recess, Senate tees up ‘chips-plus’ bill

By Megan Mineiro
Posted July 25, 2022 at 11:28am
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the formation of an Office of Environmental Justice in May.

Justice Department to investigate Houston over dumping response

By David Jordan
Posted July 22, 2022 at 1:26pm
House Armed Services Committee member Anthony G. Brown, D-Md., says he will resist any effort to impede the Pentagon's anti-extremism efforts.

Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 22, 2022 at 10:19am
Sunset light illuminates the Supreme Court building in December.

Supreme Court will decide case over immigration priorities

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted July 21, 2022 at 6:38pm
A judges gavel rests on top of a desk.

Embattled immigration judges group renews union fight

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted July 21, 2022 at 6:28pm
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and other top Democrats are looking for a way to speed things up.

Senators seek to clear procedural hurdles on unfinished business

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 21, 2022 at 4:45pm
North Carolina Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning sponsored the measure, which would codify the federal right to contraception. The bill is the latest response to the June 24 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

House seeks to protect contraception after Roe changes

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 21, 2022 at 1:55pm
Exxon Mobil shareholders approved a proposal to publish an audited report outlining how the International Energy Agency’s modeling for a net zero economy by 2050 would impact factors underlying Exxon’s financial statements.

Investors rally behind climate, diversity proposals as proxy season ebbs

By Ellen Meyers
Posted July 21, 2022 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi leave a key House Democratic Caucus meeting in the Capitol on Oct. 28, 2021.

How ‘Build Back Better’ started, and how it’s going: a timeline

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 21, 2022 at 6:30am
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he might mount a procedural objection but not if it were "futile."

‘Chips-plus’ bill passage could slip to next week in Senate

By Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 20, 2022 at 2:15pm
Rep. Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, an OB-GYN, said he has never seen confusion over what is considered life-saving in the field.

Post-Roe, doctors worry about what constitutes lifesaving care

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 20, 2022 at 12:35pm
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., has been pushing to beef up Supreme Court security funds.

Expanded ‘chips-plus’ package advances in Senate

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 19, 2022 at 9:08pm, Updated July 20, 2022 at 10:42am
A bill introduced by Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., and Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, would specify that no entity may “collect, retain, use, or disclose personal reproductive or sexual health information” without an express permission from an individual or to provide services to the individual. 

Data privacy, abortion limits set to collide post-Roe

By Sandhya Raman and Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 20, 2022 at 7:00am
Maine independent Sen. Angus King’s committee vote in favor of Republican language calling for a halt to anti-extremism efforts in the military tipped the balance in the GOP’s favor.

Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 20, 2022 at 6:30am
Lawmakers discussing the “chips-plus” may add in the R&D tax provision, says Sen. Todd Young.

Test vote on ‘chips-plus’ bill teed up in Senate

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 19, 2022 at 1:56pm, Updated at 4:51pm
Rep. Jackie Speier says members “just got word” that instead of reaching the proposed end strength of 473,000 regular soldiers in fiscal 2023, the Army expects the figure to be between 445,000 and 452,000.

Army tells House panel of enormous personnel shortfalls

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 19, 2022 at 3:55pm
“Director Chopra continues to block consumers’ access to innovative financial products and services," says Rep. Patrick T. McHenry.

Fintechs question CFPB’s faith in innovation over ‘safe harbors’

By Steven Harras
Posted July 19, 2022 at 6:00am
A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces during a military exercise June 30 in southwestern Morocco.

Senate NDAA has $13 billion extra for defense inflation

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 18, 2022 at 8:48pm
House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., has said she wants to get all 12 spending bills on the floor before August.

House appropriations bill sprint seeks to buck recent history

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 18, 2022 at 7:42pm
An amendment from Rep. Mike Quigley would authorize the hiring and international deployment of 50 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement attachés to disrupt illegal wildlife trafficking abroad.

NDAA a magnet for far-reaching amendments

By Mark Satter
Posted July 18, 2022 at 5:34pm
Rep. Katie Porter’s new proposal was part of a bloc of amendments that the House adopted by voice vote during consideration of the $840.2 billion NDAA.

House NDAA would further limit Pentagon officials’ stock ownership

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 15, 2022 at 3:27pm