Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) discusses the federal pandemic response, Spaceflight Now's Stephen Clark previews the NASA / Space X launch, and Economic Policy Institute's Heidi Shierholz discusses the pandemic's impact on essential and low-income workers.
The House will consider the FISA reauthorization bill extending authorities through December 2020. Some members will be using proxy voting for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The House will consider the FISA reauthorization bill extending authorities through December 2020. Some members will be using proxy voting for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
House Republican leaders held a news conference on Capitol Hill on the legislative agenda. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) criticized the House's plan to allow proxy voting later that day for the first time in history. He said the move was illegal and that any legislation that's voted on would not be valid. "Whatever the Democrats propose to bring up cannot become law because it's unconstitutional," said the minority leader. Rep. McCarthy also called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to postpone a vote scheduled for later in the day that would reauthorize and make changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
The House will consider the FISA reauthorization bill extending authorities through December 2020. Some members will be using proxy voting for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. House Members debated on the rule for the FISA reauthorization bill - which extends the law's surveillance authorities through December 1, 2023. Republicans and Democrats disagreed on the new rule to vote by proxy.
U.S. House Members debated on the rule for the FISA reauthorization bill - which extends the law's surveillance authorities through December 1, 2023. Republicans and Democrats disagreed on the new rule to vote by proxy.
Medical doctors and researchers testified on the coronavirus health disparities within minority populations before the House Ways and Means Committee. They offered up policy recommendations on how to eliminate these disparities in order to provide better access and quality of care.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump toured the Orion Capsule at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of the SpaceX launch - a NASA and corporate-driven endeavor that marks the first human launch from U.S. soil in nine years. President Trump spoke to reporters briefly about the historic launch and the killing of an African American man, George Floyd, by police in Minneapolis. Shortly after this tour, the SpaceX launch was rescheduled for Saturday, May 30 due to poor weather conditions.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump received a briefing on the SpaceX launch - the public-private partnership to send astronauts from U.S. soil to the international space station for the first time since 2011. Shortly after this briefing, the SpaceX launch was rescheduled for May 30 due to poor weather conditions.
U.S. House Members debated on the rule for the FISA reauthorization bill - which extends the law's surveillance authorities through December 1, 2023. Republicans and Democrats disagreed on the new rule to vote by proxy.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a virtual conversation on disinformation and political warfare during the coronavirus pandemic. Intelligence experts and disinformation scholars discussed the history of misinformation as a tool to create chaos and threaten democratic governments. Experts cited Operation Denver, deployed by the Russian intelligence community in the 1980s, which claimed the CIA created the AIDS/HIV pandemic to target the gay community. They drew comparisons between misinformation used during that campaign to disinformation tactics Chinese officials are using today regarding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, experts discussed various tools used to spread disinformation and the best ways to fight against these campaigns.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump toured the Orion Capsule at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of the SpaceX launch - a NASA and corporate-driven endeavor that marks the first human launch from U.S. soil in nine years. President Trump spoke to reporters briefly about the historic launch and the killing of an African American man, George Floyd, by police in Minneapolis. Shortly after this tour, the SpaceX launch was rescheduled for Saturday, May 30 due to poor weather conditions.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump received a briefing on the SpaceX launch - the public-private partnership to send astronauts from U.S. soil to the international space station for the first time since 2011. Shortly after this briefing, the SpaceX launch was rescheduled for May 30 due to poor weather conditions.
U.S. House Members debated on the rule for the FISA reauthorization bill - which extends the law's surveillance authorities through December 1, 2023. Republicans and Democrats disagreed on the new rule to vote by proxy.
