Did Congress Just Attempt To Do Its Job? Plus: The editors each consider a book they might secretly want to write one day. Reason · Jul 25, 2022
Federal workers rip Manchin on climate "Strip Senator Manchin of his chairmanship of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee," staffers say Salon · Jul 25, 2022
Progressive House staffers occupy Schumer’s office as he negotiates with Manchin ‘We’re asking Senator Schumer to negotiate like this is the coldest summer of the rest of our lives’ staffer Saul Levin tweets The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022
Senators Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski test positive for Covid-19 Four US senators have revealed that they have tested positive, as President Biden’s doctor gives an update on his health The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022
Editorial: Chuck Schumer’s marijuana legalization legislation should become law Never mind that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the lead sponsor. Never mind that 68% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a figure that includes 83% of Democrats and half of Republicans. And never mind that there’s a midterm election coming up in which passage would be an undeniable boost… Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022
As the US watched the January 6 hearing, Fox News showed outrage – at Biden getting Covid Fox News’s primetime stars chided Biden for contracting the virus they say he alleged couldn’t be caught with a vaccine The Guardian - US · Jul 22, 2022
News briefs Senate Democrats to introduce pot decriminalization bill against odds Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022
How the Senate's CHIPS-plus bill ballooned by billions An inside look at how senators managed to boost the bill from $52 billion to nearly $250 billion. Axios · Jul 21, 2022
Senate Democrats to introduce pot decriminalization bill against odds Senate Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would federally decriminalize, regulate and impose taxes on cannabis products. Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2022
Chuck Schumer's Doomed Marijuana Monstrosity Is Not a Serious Attempt To Repeal Pot Prohibition The Senate majority leader's 296-page bill would compound the barriers to successful legalization. Reason · Jul 21, 2022
What's Going On With Tilray Stock As Cannabis Legalization Bill Reaches Senate? Tilray Brands, Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) gapped up about 4.5% higher on Thursday on news that the Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act (CAOA) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Benzinga · Jul 21, 2022
Democrats introduce long-awaited bill to decriminalise cannabis on federal level Bill has uncertain future despite support from Chuck Schumer The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022
BREAKING: Schumer, Booker And Wyden Unveil Cannabis Legalization Bill - Here's What's In It A long-awaited U.S. Senate legislation that would decriminalize and deschedule cannabis on the federal level, while also promoting social equity, has finally been unveiled. Benzinga · Jul 21, 2022
Congress' push to regulate Big Tech is fizzling out Antitrust legislation will be tough to pass in the fall, with lawmakers distracted by midterm elections. Axios · Jul 21, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022 Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022 Schumer says he wants to bring gay marriage to Senate floor for a vote after House passage The Senate majority leader has tasked Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first openly lesbian senator, with lobbying for Republican support
Benzinga · Jul 20, 2022 Cannabis Legalization Among Topics For Senate Subcommittee To Address At Next Hearing The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, chaired by Sen.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 20, 2022 Lynn Schmidt: Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but they are popular with Americans.
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022 Biden to announce climate actions at ex-coal plant in Mass. President Joe Biden is preparing to announce new actions on climate change
Reuters · Jul 19, 2022 U.S. Senate votes to move ahead on chip bill to compete with China The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to move ahead with a slimmed-down version of legislation to provide billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for the semiconductor industry, hoping to ease a shortage that has disrupted production in industries from automobiles to electronics and high-tech weapons.
The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022 Partisan lines form over Dem drug price curbs, economic plan Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says plans by Democrats to curb drug prices would place socialist price controls between Americans and the treatments they need
The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022 Republicans warm to $52B computer chip bill, adding momentum Key Republicans are warming up to passing a bill that provides roughly $52 billion in incentives for the semiconductor industry
Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022 Manchin in driver’s seat again after inflation fears vindicated WASHINGTON — Nearly a year ago, Sen. Joe Manchin wrote Fed Chair Jerome Powell to raise alarm that the central bank’s policies would overheat the economy, a fixation that made the West Virginia Democrat an outlier in his party.
Axios · Jul 16, 2022 Democrats' Manchin rage They're furious with him but privately take him at his word that he's still committed to lowering prescription drug prices.
Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022 Biden OKs health care-focused budget pact struck in Senate WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed a plan hatched by two key Senate Democrats to pass a budget reconciliation package that would help lower the cost of prescription drugs and protect millions of households from health insurance premium spikes, even if it leaves out important clean energy priorities.