Investors urge regulators to protect vulnerable from climate risk

Investors urge regulators to protect vulnerable from climate risk-rollcall: Impact investors are ramping up their calls to federal agencies to protect financially vulnerable communities from the ramifications of climate change, with a particular focus on updating regulations implementing a 1977 anti-redlining law.

3 House incumbents lose as primary challenges flood the map

3 House incumbents lose as primary challenges flood the map-politico:  House members from both parties were in peril in Tuesday’s primaries — with redistricting, perceived loyalty to Donald Trump and ideological and generational opposition all challenging the current order in Congress.

Democrats' big bets on GOP primaries come due: What to watch in Tuesday's elections

Democrats' big bets on GOP primaries come due: What to watch in Tuesday's elections-politico:  Democrats have a lot riding on Tuesday’s primaries. The Republican primaries, that is.  Facing hurricane-force electoral headwinds in November, Democrats have launched an unprecedented effort to meddle in GOP nominating contests across the country, elevating extreme candidates and attacking Republican hopefuls they view as greater threats in the general election.

Battleground Republicans squeezed hardest on abortion after Roe falls

Battleground Republicans squeezed hardest on abortion after Roe falls-politico:  House Republicans say they’re mostly unfazed by the political ramifications of Friday’s Supreme Court abortion ruling. Except some of their most endangered incumbents, who’d rather not say much about it at all.

'Anything could happen': Dems make their pitches for the first primary of 2024

'Anything could happen': Dems make their pitches for the first primary of 2024-politico:  New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan made an impassioned pitch to Democratic National Committee members about keeping her state as the first primary in the presidential nominating calendar.

California has billions to spend on gas-price relief — and no deal on help

California has billions to spend on gas-price relief — and no deal on help-politico:  California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators can agree on one thing: They should channel billions of dollars from the state’s overflowing budget to Californians pinched by high gas prices.  But for months they have been at odds over how to get that money into people’s pocketbooks — and who should get it.

Key results from Georgia, Virginia and Alabama elections

Key results from Georgia, Virginia and Alabama elections-rollcall:  Voters on Tuesday were picking a Republican nominee to succeed retiring Sen. Richard C. Shelby in Alabama and set matchups for House seats in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia, including several that will be battlegrounds in November

Texas lawmaker salutes the power of Juneteenth

Texas lawmaker salutes the power of Juneteenth-politico:  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee spoke with pride Sunday of the elevation of Juneteenth to a national holiday.  President Joe Biden signed legislation in 2021 making Juneteenth a federal holiday. The holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States after the Union victory in the Civil War, originated in Texas.

White House unveils global steps to speed climate transition

White House unveils global steps to speed climate transition-rollcall:  The White House on Friday announced a series of actions intended to help hasten the global transition to renewable energy technologies, a move it said was made more urgent following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Staffers got raises in the House. Now it’s the Senate’s turn, says Schatz

Staffers got raises in the House. Now it’s the Senate’s turn, says Schatz-rollcall:  Sen. Brian Schatz doesn’t want the Senate to get left behind after a year of House action aimed at improving staff retention.  The Hawaii Democrat, who has championed the cause in the past, sent a letter to Senate Legislative Branch appropriators pushing for a 20 percent bump to the allowance that senators use to pay their staffers.

Companies face tug-of-war on lobbying agenda versus ESG values

Companies face tug-of-war on lobbying agenda value versus ESGs-rollcall:  Corporations are reckoning with how decisions to advocate on issues on Capitol Hill and statehouses across the country will bear up under scrutiny from investors and consumers who are increasingly skeptical the companies are committed to their stated values.

5 takeaways from a big primary night

5 takeaways from a big primary night-politico: The first House Republican to vote for Donald Trump’s impeachment and face a Trump-endorsed challenger in a primary paid the price for it in South Carolina. Maine set up a preview of a potential Trump-Joe Biden rematch in 2024. And a heavily Latino swath of southern Texas swung right.

No first-class tickets for Congress, says Angie Craig

No first-class tickets for Congress, says Angie Craig-rollcall:  Rep. Angie Craig has some ideas about how to restore faith in Congress. For starters, no one should get too comfortable.  She wants to keep her colleagues from flying in first class and end their glide paths to K Street by creating a lifetime ban on lobbying. It hasn’t exactly caught on.

Bipartisan Senate group strikes gun deal focused on school safety, mental health

Bipartisan Senate group strikes gun deal focused on school safety, mental health-rollcall:  A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement Sunday on significant updates to the nation’s gun laws, and the Senate majority leader said it ​​would be put on the floor once legislative text is ready.

House Jan. 6 committee builds its case from lawyer testimony

House Jan. 6 committee builds its case from lawyer testimony-rollcall:  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol didn’t use the first precious moments of its first prime-time hearing to show the dramatic and violent new footage it had uncovered — instead it turned to the lawyers.

House sets $1.6 trillion cap for fiscal 2023 appropriations

House sets $1.6 trillion cap for fiscal 2023 appropriations-rollcall:  The House adopted a $1.6 trillion discretionary spending cap for the upcoming fiscal year, clearing the way for appropriators to start moving the fiscal 2023 spending bills through that chamber as bicameral talks reconvene on a framework for bills that can pass the Senate as well.

House Republicans face primary danger

House Republicans face primary danger-politico:  A pair of Republican House members in Mississippi are in danger of losing renomination after Tuesday’s primaries, which saw several other GOP incumbents trying to navigate intra-party challenges as well.

California’s test on crime, House members in danger and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries

California’s test on crime, House members in danger and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries-politico:  Concern about rising crime is overtaking key elections in California Tuesday, where liberal voters are putting pressure on Democrats around the state to address a growing sense of lawlessness spurred during the pandemic.

Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up

Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up-rollcall: ​Democrats face big obstacles and a deadline measured in weeks as they attempt to salvage a scaled-down tax, climate and health care package that could give them a boost ahead of the November elections.

California Ballot Tracker: Interest groups prepare for expensive 2022 fights

California Ballot Tracker: Interest groups prepare for expensive 2022 fights-politico:  Californians were inundated with campaign ads in 2020 as businesses, unions and other wealthy interests shelled out record-shattering sums on ballot measures. This campaign cycle is already shaping up to be another jaw-dropping display of spending.

Window closing for US to implement global corporate tax deal

Window closing for US to implement global corporate tax deal-rollcall:  With midterm elections fast approaching, Democrats’ window to follow through on the Biden administration’s plan for rooting out tax havens and raising taxes on global companies’ foreign profits may be closing.