by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he has reached a short-term agreement with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to extend the debt limit through early December, clearing a path for Congress to avert default just 11 days before the...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 5, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — A month after Hurricane Ida flooded her district and killed 13 New York residents, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., reintroduced legislation on Tuesday to prepare federal agencies for worsening natural disasters. “We need to plan for the next Ida,” Maloney...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Sep 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A shutdown crisis has been avoided as the House and Senate on Thursday passed a short-term government funding bill that will keep federal agencies open through Dec. 3. The bill now goes to the president’s desk. The Senate passed the measure, 65-35, with...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — As Thursday’s government funding deadline approaches and the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington, Senate Democrats and Republicans are exploring a unifying distraction from their budgetary standstill: the Britney Spears conservatorship...
