Johnson’s New Spending Plan

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) yesterday unveiled a short-term measure to fund the government through Dec. 20.  The proposed “clean” continuing resolution, meaning a stopgap measure without partisan or controversial bill riders attached, would remove the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. It also includes

Dan Evans, Former Republican Governor and US Senator, Dies at 98

SEATTLE—Dan Evans, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died. He was 98. Evans died Friday, according to the University of Washington, where he had served as a regent and

House GOP Leaders Unveil Measure to Fund Government Beyond Election

The bill includes conditional funding for the Secret Service in the wake of two attempted assassinations of former President Donald Trump. House Republican leaders on Sept. 22 unveiled a short-term measure to fund the government through Dec. 20. The stopgap measure is largely a “clean” continuing resolution, meaning a stopgap measure without partisan or controversial

House GOP Leaders Unveil Measure to Fund Government Beyond Election Into December

The bill includes extra conditional funding for the Secret Service in the wake of two attempted assassinations of former President Donald Trump. House Republican leaders on Sept. 22 unveiled a short-term measure to fund the government through Dec. 20. The stopgap measure is largely a “clean” continuing resolution, meaning a stopgap measure without partisan or

How a President Can Use Regulatory Levers to Slow Fracking

Only Congress can prohibit hydraulic fracturing and only on federal lands, but an administration can make permitting more arduous and expensive. Who will and who won’t ban fracking has emerged as a source of contention within the broader energy policy debate in the 2024 presidential campaign pitting Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican