Macroeconomics
Federal Deficit Grows as Mandatory Spending, Interest Costs Rise
The federal government continues to spend more than it collects, as rising costs for major benefit programs and interest on the national debt put increasing...
House Passes Bill to Shield Ratepayers From Data Center Costs
The House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to prevent households and small businesses from bearing electricity infrastructure costs created by...
House Passes Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Bill
The House overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan water infrastructure bill that would authorize and modify Army Corps projects nationwide, including...
House Panel Examines One Big Beautiful Bill Tax Law Rollout
Tax relief for small firms, production incentives for domestic manufacturers, and take-home pay for working families will be in focus as lawmakers assess...
Earthquake Losses Reach Nearly $15 Billion Yearly
Portions of all 50 states, plus territories and the District of Columbia, face varying earthquake vulnerability as annualized losses reach $14.7 billion per...
Congress Weighs Suspension Of Phosphate Fertilizer Tariffs
Farmers facing elevated input costs sit have raised concerns over whether the United States should keep collecting tariffs that offset foreign subsidies on...
Senate Grills Patent Director on Fees and Appeal Policies
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a session September 29 on Oversight Hearings To Examine The United States Patent And...
Lawmakers Weigh Disaster Tech Amid Federal Weather Research Cuts
As the Trump administration seeks cuts to federal weather research and changes to disaster response, lawmakers are examining whether artificial...
2030 Census Citizenship Rules Proposed for Apportionment
Federal officials have proposed narrowing the apportionment count for the next enumeration to exclude foreign citizens who are not United States citizens or...
Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Regulate College Sports
The Senate moved closer to an historic legislative step to have the government regulate college sports by passing S. 4668 last night in a 77-22 vote on...
Senate Judiciary Committee Will Vote on Pending Nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a "Business Meeting To Consider Pending Calendar Business" on Thursday, October 1. These executive...
Senate Health Panel Delays Bill as Nominees Await Vote
Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) recessed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee markup on Sept. 24 without a final vote on the No Aid for...
Senate Finance Committee Advances Health and Tax Nominees
The Senate Finance Committee voted Sept. 24 to advance Gerard "Chris" Klomp to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a...
Congress Flags U.S.-Mongolia Policy Tensions
Mongolia's relations with neighboring China and Russia have only strengthened at a time when both countries pose security risks to the United States. As a...
A COVID Cover-Up? Senate to Vote Again on Witness Immunity
A Senate committee will consider seeking immunity for a former government official accused of covering up and destroying government records pertaining to...
The Transgender Athlete Debate Reaches the Senate Floor. Again.
The defining moment was not what was said from the dais — it was who wasn't there.
Senate Indians Committee Weighs Tribal Land and Sovereignty Bills
Lawmakers are weighing four bills to resolve long-running disputes over tribal lands and membership, as tribes continue to seek congressional action to...
Lawmakers Examine Challenges Facing U.S. Generic Drug Manufacturing
U.S. generic drug manufacturers told lawmakers that low prices and foreign competition are making domestic production increasingly difficult to sustain, as...