Democrats seek SEC action on foreign influence in elections-rollcall: The Securities and Exchange Commission should adopt regulations to identify foreign-owned companies that spend corporate funds to influence elections, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin and 15 other House Democrats say in a letter they plan to send Thursday.
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Competition bill could carry high-skilled immigration changes-rollcall: Following the advancement of legislation to shore up U.S. global competitiveness, senators expressed optimism the bill could serve as a bipartisan vehicle for long-awaited changes to the legal immigration system.
Pete Aguilar bets on the House-politico: Dozens of House Democrats are eyeing the exits of a caucus that’s lost its fair share of young leaders in the past. Pete Aguilar is the exception.
White House says new funds needed for boosters, existing money difficult to repurpose-rollcall: The White House said Monday that it has about $300 billion in unspent COVID-19 funding but only about $60 billion that is unallocated as it warned lawmakers that it doesn’t have enough money for additional vaccination efforts unless Congress provides more relief.
Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts with historic mark-rollcall: The weeklong Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson starts Monday heavy on history and relatively light on political drama.
Top Trump ally gears up for Romney primary challenge-politico: Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, who backed Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results, is preparing for a 2024 Senate run that could pit him against Sen. Mitt Romney in a GOP primary.
Ways and Means contenders pony up for GOP campaign arm-rollcall: Reps. Vern Buchanan and Jason Smith on Wednesday said they’re each committing seven-figure sums to House Republicans’ political arm, hauls that could bolster their campaigns for the top GOP spot on the Ways and Means Committee.
Biden’s latest supply chain hurdle: A looming Canadian rail strike-politico: The Biden administration is taking steps to try to protect U.S. supply chains and keep products flowing to American consumers. Another foreign dispute is poised to underscore just how difficult that task is — and how much is outside U.S. control.
Schumer's Senate shocker: Bills are passing-politico: It’s the Capitol’s election-year surprise: The 50-50 Senate is actually working. After high-profile partisan failures on President Joe Biden’s signature domestic policy bill and on weakening the filibuster for voting reform, the chamber’s racked up a series of bipartisan accomplishments lately — some of which had eluded Congress for years.
GOP Senate candidates thrash each other ahead of fight for majority-politico: Democrats running for Senate are still holding their fire in primaries. Republicans are stuck in the Thunderdome.
Newsom recall opponents sit out 2022 California governor's race-politico: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall opponents have opted out of a second round.
Lobbyists urge lawmakers to let them roam the Capitol again-rollcall: After two years of pandemic- and insurrection-related security restrictions, some lobbyists are putting their advocacy skills toward an effort to reopen the legislative buildings widely to tour groups and lobbying coalitions.
Pandemic relief, disaster aid strain omnibus spending talks-rollcall: Omnibus spending negotiations remained fraught Wednesday amid disputes over including emergency COVID-19 relief and disaster aid.
Biden to America: ‘We’re going to be OK’-politico: President Joe Biden unfurled a resolute defense of democracy in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, declaring that the United States would act as a leader for the free world as it rallies with Ukraine against a brutal Russian invasion.
State of the Union 2022: What to know ahead of Biden's speech-politico: President Joe Biden is scheduled to appear before a joint session of the 117th Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives to deliver the 2022 State of the Union address at 9 p.m. EST on Tuesday.