Summer in Washington DCWhew has it been a hot one in more ways than one!! There is seldom agreement in the nation’s capital, but this summer, there is high agreement that President Biden did the right thing by stepping aside for a new presidential nominee. The New York Times/Siena College poll, Link on Thursday, July [...]
“Stranger Things” have happened in Washington but is hard to remember when. Usually the fall is about completion of a legislative year, and budget – appropriations drama. But this year, with President Trump on tape as offering a quid pro quo to a foreign leader for information on former Vice President Biden son’s business dealings [...]
It has been six hundred and seventy six days about since Robert Mueller began his report, in a secluded office in Southwest Washington, D.C. The report has been completed and turned into Attorney General William Barr on a late Friday afternoon. It already reveals a lot, while the battle is just beginning on how much [...]
Transportation Funding Re-authorization Legislators are hoping to make significant progress on the FAST Act (Transportation) re-authorization before the congressional recess in August, but it is unclear whether that progress will result in a bill markup by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works or move closer to a floor vote. On April 11, Sen. [...]
The House and Senate have been on break and will return to session on March 25th. Before break and at field hearings, they were busy with hearings on important criminal justice topics; stopping drugs from entering Indian Country, reauthorizing of the Violence Against Women Act, and the crisis on Murder and Missing Indigenous Women. On [...]