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☆ What Time Is the State of the Union Address Tonight? How to Watch Biden’s Speech
  + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Eric Bazail-Eimil | Andrew Restuccia | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The president is to deliver the State of the Union address Tuesday night in the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S. Capitol. President Biden is set Tuesday to deliver his second State of the Union address. Given to a joint session of Congress, the speech will outline the president’s legislative agenda and priorities for the coming year. The White House has said that Mr. Biden looks forward to speaking about the economy, competitiveness, security and unity. In comments several days ahead of the address, Mr. Biden pointed to a stronger-than-expected monthly jobs report to say the “state of the economy is strong.” In last year’s speech, he highlighted the response of the U.S. and allies to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
☆ Republicans Home In on China Policy Following Balloon Shootdown
  + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Eric Bazail-Eimil | Andrew Ackerman | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WASHINGTON—House Republicans held a pair of hearings Tuesday to weigh how best to counter Beijing’s economic and military power, including the Pentagon’s response to the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down Saturday by the Air Force. China represents “the single greatest threat to America’s global standing,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry (R., N.C.) the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, at the start of a hearing about China’s economic threats.
☆ House Passes GOP Measures to Curtail Government’s Covid-19 Emergency Powers
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Eric Bazail-Eimil | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Covid-19 emergency declarations have allowed for greater Medicare and Medicaid funding, free Covid-19 testing and more. WASHINGTON—The House passed two pandemic-related bills Tuesday, as Republicans pushed to roll back Covid-19 emergency powers invoked by the federal government over the past three years. The Pandemic Is Over Act, which would terminate the public-health emergency declared for the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020, passed 220-210, along party lines.
☆ House Passes Restrictions on Tapping Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Benoît Morenne | Eric Bazail-Eimil | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The House approved a bill tying nonemergency releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a boost in federal lands leased to oil-and-gas companies, as congressional Republicans moved to limit the Biden administration’s ability to tap the oil stockpile. The measure passed 221-205. with Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine joining Republicans in support. Senate Republicans introduced a companion bill Wednesday, but the legislation is unlikely to receive a vote in the Democratic-controlled chamber. The measure would need 60 votes to advance.
☆ House Passes Restrictions on Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Benoît Morenne | Eric Bazail-Eimil | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The House approved a bill tying nonemergency releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a boost in federal lands leased to oil-and-gas companies, as congressional Republicans moved to limit the Biden administration’s ability to tap the oil stockpile. The measure passed 221-205. Although Senate Republicans introduced a companion bill Wednesday, the legislation is unlikely to receive a vote in the Democratic-controlled chamber. If it did get a vote, it would need 60 votes to advance.
☆ Will a new Congress stall momentum on resolving Puerto Rico’s territorial status?
  + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Nicole Acevedo | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +8 min
He voted against the Puerto Rico Status Act on the floor last week, calling for "letting a full and robust legislative process take place." One of the bill’s main negotiators, Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, is confident about more congressional hearings on Puerto Rico's territorial status in the new year. That’s intentional, said Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, a Republican nonvoting member of Congress representing Puerto Rico who favors statehood and helped negotiate the Puerto Rico Status Act. What’s next for Puerto Rico’s territorial status? Excluding Puerto Rico’s territorial status also gives Wicker and others pause.
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