Washington Wednesdays

Biden signs bipartisan COVID origins bill

Congress presented a united front on the COVID-19 Origin Act, and Biden signed it into law Read more

Washington Wednesdays

Congress votes to declassify origins of COVID

Unanimous vote includes all Michigan lawmakers Read more

Washington Wednesdays

U.S. House, Senate vote to declassify docs on COVID-19 origins

Senate gives unanimous consent; Michigan House delegation opposes in party-line vote Read more

Washington Wednesdays

Tlaib defends Biden student loan scheme, which faces Supreme Court review

Dearborn Democrat has also criticized court for eroding civil rights laws Read more

Washington Wednesdays

Feds give Michigan $110M to install 127 EV chargers

Michigan will spend $866K per installed charger; Federal goal is to build ‘a nationwide network of EV chargers’ Read more

Washington Wednesdays

How Michigan reps voted on ending traveler vaccine mandate

Along party lines, Michigan’s delegation to U.S. House votes to keep forcing foreign visitors to take shots Read more

Washington Wednesdays

GAO estimates $60B in unemployment fraud during pandemic

GAO report blames both administration and equipment for the failure, says Department of Labor needs antifraud strategy Read more

Washington Wednesdays

How does your Michigan rep spend their time in Congress? Here’s how to find out

A quick user’s guide to Congress.gov and how to keep an eye on the people who represent you in Washington Read more

Washington Wednesdays

The IRS’s next target: Tips from waiting tables

Tipped wages are the next target for the tax man Read more

Washington Wednesdays

Student loan relief in Michigan could cost taxpayers $11 billion

Some 566,000 people sought student loan relief in Michigan. The U.S. Supreme Court will eventually decide if the program is constitutional. Lower courts have said no. Read more

Washington Wednesdays

Biden: After three-plus years, COVID emergency to end in May

Washington lawmakers had lost their patience with the ongoing, regularly extended COVID emergency Read more

Washington Wednesdays

6 Michigan reps in Congress have yet to submit a bill in 2023

Neither senator, Peters or Stabenow, has submitted a bill Read more

Washington Wednesdays

Biden seeks $11B for international climate change projects

Biden said he wants to mobilize $100B for “climate action in developing nations” Read more

Washington Wednesdays

How Michigan reps voted on defunding the IRS

A vote to pull the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents went strictly down party lines Read more