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Jun 13 2019
News
House panel backs contempt citations for two Trump Cabinet members over census
A U.S. House committee voted on Wednesday in favor of holding two of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers in contempt of Congress for defying congressional subpoenas related to an effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census.
By a 24-15 bipartisan vote, the House Oversight Committee recommended the full House of Representatives find Attorney General William Barr and
ReutersJan 30 2014
News
Republicans vote to deny climate change
The House Energy and Commerce Committee wasted a good chunk of time Tuesday on yet more anti-environmental legislation that doesn’t stand a snowflake’s chance in climate-changed hell of become law. H.R. 3826, The Electricity Security and Affordability Act, would suspend the EPA’s proposed climate rules for power plants.
GristJul 30 2020
News
Over 400 Businesses Call on Lawmakers to Include Liability Protection in Next COVID-19 Relief Bill
More than 400 U.S. businesses are calling on Congress to include liability protection in the next COVID-19 relief package.
In a letter to U.S. lawmakers, the businesses urged the support of “timely, targeted and temporary liability relief provisions” that would “safeguard healthcare workers, providers, and facilities, as well as businesses, non-profit organizations, and educational
Newsmax (News)Dec 02 2019
Opinion
Angela Merkel and German 'Freedom' of Speech
Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, spoke at an event for the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Berlin last week. During the speech, she attempted to explain why limits to freedom of expression must exist, accidentally demonstrating the intentional attempt by many to erode the fundamental foundation of liberty - freedom of speech.
“We have freedom of expression in our
TownhallApr 15 2021
News
Jobless Claims Fell to a New Pandemic Low Last Week
Unemployment claims declined to the lowest level since the pandemic struck last spring, adding to signs the U.S. economic revival is picking up speed.
Jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 576,000 last week from 769,000 a week earlier.
That is the lowest weekly figure since March 2020, but still way above the levels of around 220,000 that prevailed early last year, before
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 12 2012
News
John Bryson Out On Medical Leave, Transferring Power To Rebecca Blank
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, under investigation for his role in an alleged hit-and-run accident and another car crash over the weekend in California, will take an immediate medical leave of absence, his office said on Monday night.
HuffPostJul 22 2020
News
Business groups sue Trump admin over immigration restrictions
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Retail Federation and National Association of Manufacturers filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against the Trump administration on Tuesday over federal immigration restrictions.
Driving the news: The suit comes in response to the administration's move to ban entry into the U.S. through the end of this year for foreigners on certain temporary work
AxiosMar 11 2019
News
Here's where Trump wants to cut the government
President Trump on Monday proposed a fiscal year 2020 budget plan that would boost federal funding for a handful of favored agencies, but cut most others in a bid to slow the rate of growth of the federal government.
Trump proposed increases for the Departments of Commerce (up 9.3 percent), Defense (up 5 percent), Homeland Security (up 7.8 percent), and Veterans Affairs (up 7.5 percent
Washington ExaminerApr 12 2021
News
China looms large over Biden 'infrastructure' pitch
President Joe Biden has pitched his infrastructure package as a weapon essential to keeping pace with China, calling it a "blue-collar blueprint" that his administration says will create millions of jobs and better position the United States to compete with Beijing.
Justifying his $2.25 trillion proposal, Biden said Wednesday that "China and the rest of the world" are racing ahead of
Washington ExaminerOct 24 2013
News
Happening now: The Obamacare hearing
The contractors who've been under fire for weeks because the Obamacare website debacle finally get their chance to respond to questions of who's to blame on Thursday at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing.
It's clear they're blaming each other and the government for the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov.
CNN (Online News)