Energy Legislation Could Get a Jolt in 2016
Congress hasn't passed a major energy bill in more than a decade. But the way the year-end tax and spending deal lifted an oil export ban and extended wind and solar tax credits has some in Washington...
5 Jan 20167min
Taxes, Guns and Messaging Votes May Occupy Lawmakers in 2016
Congress cleared most pressing issues off its decks by striking a budget deal and passing a huge tax and spending package at the end of 2015. The question is whether the House and Senate in 2016 will ...
29 Dec 201516min
America’s First Book and Its Impact on Everything from Religion to Press Freedom
CQ Now introduces you to a very special piece of American history at the Library of Congress:the Bay Psalm Book, printed in 1640 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is the first book printed in what i...
21 Dec 20157min
2016 Spending Package Reveals Washington's Winners and Losers
A tumultuous and unusually productive year for Congress ended quietly on Dec. 18 with the passage of a $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running and a package of tax breaks for busine...
18 Dec 20158min
Rail Planners Try to Avoid Tunnel Vision
The 457-mile rail route from Washington to Boston is the busiest in the country, connecting four of the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas and serving about a fifth of the U.S. economy. It's also ...
16 Dec 20157min
Why a Popular, Bipartisan Email Privacy Plan Stalled in Congress
A House bill that would require warrants for government access to personal and business emails attracted more than 300 co-sponsors as well as support from technology giants like Google. But the measur...
14 Dec 20156min
Deal-Cutting to Fund the Government Keeps Congress Working Overtime
The House and Senate couldn't finish their legislative year by a self-imposed Dec. 11 deadline. That means a handful of lawmakers will have to make crucial decisions about spending and taxes while a t...
11 Dec 20158min
Why the Paris Climate Talks Resulted in Few Binding Agreements
A two-week United Nations conference in Paris on climate change is coming to a close, and while the agreements that emerge carry moral and political weight, they won’t be legally binding. That’s just ...
10 Dec 20158min
