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Johnson offers up two-tiered stopgap funds plan - Roll Call

GOP speaker proposes to extend spending for some agencies to mid-January and others into February as a partial shutdown deadline nears.

Roll Call · Nov 11, 2023

Combo appropriations package hits the skids in Senate - Roll Call

Senators have reservations about trying to tack two more spending bills onto the House-passed Military Construction-VA bill.

Roll Call · Sep 14, 2023

Things to know about aid, lawsuits and tourism nearly a month after fire leveled a Hawaii community

It's been nearly a month since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people in Hawaii

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

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Protecting Kids on Social Media Act Cloaks Attack on Privacy Behind Concern for Children

There are already people responsible for regulating children’s online activity: parents and guardians.

Reason · Sep 1, 2023

Hawaii’s politicians are trying to get tourists back after deadly fires

Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz claimed "furloughs and layoffs" were underway due to tourists staying home after the state's deadly wildfires.

Fortune · Aug 25, 2023

Senate mulls going first on stopgap, supplemental funds package - Roll Call

Senators are quietly discussing the possibility of moving first on a stopgap spending and supplemental appropriations combo package.

Roll Call · Aug 23, 2023

US President Biden tours aftermath of deadly Maui fires, visits Lahaina

Visit comes 13 days after Hawaiian island experienced deadliest US fire in more than a century, killing at least 114.

Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2023

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The Bidens will travel to Maui to meet with wildfire survivors and first responders

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Maui to comfort survivors of the devastating wildfires that ripped through the western part of the Hawaiian island earlier this month

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023

Senate Panel Piles On Potential Social Media Regulations

Republicans, Democrats speak with one voice, and it is an angry shout at Big Tech

Multichannel News · Jul 28, 2023

House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks

WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2024 appropriations process has just begun, but some patterns in the distribution of earmarks by the majorities in their respective chambers are starting to emerge.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023

House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks - Roll Call

Despite a push to hold down overall spending, earmarks in four House bills have grown from less than $1.6 billion to more than $1.9 billion.

Roll Call · Jul 3, 2023

Native American tribes hail ‘major victory’ after supreme court ruling

Justices ‘on the right side of history’ for upholding protections for Native American children against removal for adoption

The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2023

Supreme Court upholds federal law on Native American children - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld a 1978 law that prioritizes Native American children being fostered or adopted by Native American families.

Roll Call · Jun 15, 2023

Childproofing the Internet

How online “child protection” measures could make child and adult internet users more vulnerable to hackers, identity thieves, and snoops.

Reason · May 31, 2023

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Roll Call · May 9, 2023

Even Senate sponsors are skeptical of bills to shield kids online - Roll Call

Even as many advance in congressional committees, bills to protect children online could be doomed by opposition from powerful opponents.

Salon · May 5, 2023

GOP defend Thomas from ethics charges

Republicans defend Clarence Thomas and deflect from bombshell reports about the Supreme Court justice

WEKU · May 5, 2023

Bipartisan senators predict parents will overcome tech lobby to protect kids online

Four senators — all parents of young kids or teens — are pushing new legislation to set the minimum age to use social media platforms at 13, and require parental consent for teens signing up.

Salon · May 4, 2023

Dems call for action after Thomas report

It was recently reported that Thomas' benefactor Harlan Crow also paid for the private school of Thomas' relative

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The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

Ban social media for kids? Fed-up parents in Senate say yes

Legislation introduced by four senators aims to prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media and would give parents more control over what teenagers under the age of 18 can access

WEKU · Apr 28, 2023

Kids under 13 would be barred from social media under bipartisan Senate bill

Studies link social media to aspects of America's mental health crisis in adolescents. A handful of bipartisan members of the Senate hope to change that.

TV Tech · Apr 5, 2023

Senators Urge FCC to Expedite NextGen TV Rollout

The NAB applauded the letter from a bipartisan group of 27 U.S. Senators

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023

Energy loan program for tribal lands remains untapped

WASHINGTON — A federal tribal energy loan program that has never been used is getting bipartisan attention from the leaders of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

Roll Call · Apr 4, 2023

Energy loan program for tribal lands remains untapped - Roll Call

A federal tribal energy loan program that has been never been used is getting attention from leaders of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

Roll Call · Mar 22, 2023

Okinawa leader's message to Washington: US overstates China risk - Roll Call

The governor of Okinawa visited Washington this month to send the message that Washington is overstating the threat from China.

Ballotpedia · Jan 17, 2023

Democrats push back against the ESG pushback

In response to House Republicans’ plans to use their new majority to investigate the ESG movement, three Democratic senators penned an op-ed accusing their GOP colleagues of overstepping. The three senators—Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)—also accused Republicans who oppose ESG of being anti-capitalist:

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