What’s next for staffer pay on the Hill?-rollcall: Congressional observers have a message for House lawmakers about pay raises for staff: Keep it going. Don’t stop until legislative branch aides get parity with the executive branch, they will urge House appropriators in a letter led by groups Demand Progress and the Lincoln Network.
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Lawmakers, regulators seek long-term care insurance solutions-rollcall: The long-term care insurance industry is foundering and attempts to address the issue have flummoxed lawmakers and regulators.
Rep. Shontel Brown on leaving the “echo chamber”-rollcall: Most congressional offices double as shrines to the member’s career, with bits of memorabilia crammed all over. Not so for Rep. Shontel Brown, who arrived in Washington last fall.
House, Senate to open conference on R&D, technology bills-rollcall: Discussions between Senate and House members on one of the most significant pieces of legislation on technology, research and development in recent years gets underway this week, with some conferees aiming to get the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk by Memorial Day.
California Dems are eyeing Feinstein's seat — but they're not talking about it-politico: Ambitious Democrats are preparing for what happens when the 88-year-old California senator’s seat becomes available for the first time in a generation — a sea change for California politics that would likely launch a frenzied intraparty rush for the coveted post.
The California midterm contests to watch-politico: In an unusual California campaign season, much of the action is downballot. Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to romp to reelection after crushing a recall attempt in September. Prominent Republicans and major donors — many of them demoralized by the recall result — are sitting it out.
Biden administration moves to ease student loan debt burden-rollcall: The Biden administration is taking further steps to ease the burden of student loans, but new actions announced Tuesday were well short of what many Democrats want to see.