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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) is an original cosponsor of the Finish the Wall Act with Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), which would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately resume construction of the southern border wall. According to a recent report, apprehensions at the U.S.–Mexico border reached a 15-year high in March, with Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agents taking more than 171,000 migrants into custody. Under the previous administration, ...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., during her 2018 campaign. She spoke to IRI about retirement issues Wednesday. Will partisan gridlock always be on the Congressional menu? Or are there some issues on which Democrats and Republicans can work together? “The only thing limiting bipartisanship is the willingness to try,” said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., during a webinar held by the Insured Retirement Institute. The IRI webinar focused on ways Congress can move from gridlock to action to help addr...

Bloomberg News AP   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Democratic lawmakers are clamoring to add to President Joe Biden’s package of social spending even before he rolls it out on Wednesday, risking a ballooning price tag and adding to the complications already facing the White House in getting it through Congress. From taxes to expanding Medicare to subsidizing child care, a wide swath of the party’s lawma...

Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo credit: Cameron Smith/White House/Newscom President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House last month. Biden will address both chambers of Congress tonight as Harris makes history as the first female vice president to attend a joint speech. Cameron Smith/White House/Newscom President Biden is expected to use his first congressional address tonight to tout how the first 100 days of his...

Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Joe Biden. Photo credit: Stefani Reynolds/Pool via CNP/SplashNews/Newscom President Biden speaks to the press yesterday on the North Lawn of the White House. Biden has focused on multiple priorities in addition to climate change during his first 100 days in office. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via CNP/SplashNews/Newscom Joe Biden won the presidency with a call to treat climate change as "the existential challenge thats going to determine our future." "The cry for s...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci Top aides to Joe Biden have been secretly in contact with several Republican senators who last week offered a $468 billion counterproposal to the president’s $1.8 trillion infrastructure bill. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti, and legislative affairs director Louisa Terrell have met in person or been on the phone with several GOP senators trying to find some common ground on what both sides agree is a pressing problem: our cr...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Following enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA, P.L.117-2), the Biden administration indicated its next major priority was passing a comprehensive infrastructure package. The administration released the American Jobs Plan (AJP), a collection of infrastructure priorities that includes funding for road, highway and bridge projects as well as broadband expansion, water infrastructure, affordable housing projects and child care...

The Biden proposals Much of the $2.3 trillion AJP investment would go toward modernize U.S. highways, roads, bridges, trains, buses, stations and airports. It would also retool U.S. manufacturing to build zero emission transportation infrastructure like zero emission vehicle fueling and charging stations. Analysts estimate around $200 billion would go to the energy transition and power system transformation. The proposal would also transition U.S. buildings away from fossil fuel heating and ...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The Senate is in session this week, and the House is out of session until May 10. House Republicans are headed to Orlando, FL this week for their annual issues retreat, which will include numerous speakers, though former President Donald Trump has not been invited. Meanwhile, the Senate is set to vote on numerous nominees as well as on Sen. Tammy Duckworths (D-IL) "Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021," which earned a...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The U.S. House of Representatives is considering dueling proposals related to drug pricing under Medicaid and Medicare, including the Republican-led H.R. 19, the “Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021” and a reintroduced version of the Democrat-led “Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act,” originally introduced in 2019 (and hereinafter referred to) as H.R. 3. Although the bills diverge in various material respects, both wou...