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What do the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, rapper Megan Thee Stallion and climate change have in common? They're all tied to a new campaign launched on the House floor Tuesday intended to boost FERC's visibility on Capitol Hill.
A top Wall Street regulator is officially taking a deeper look at the gamification of trading.
U.S. Reps. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, and Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, accompanied White House Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy on a tour Tuesday of several scientific facilities in northern Illinois.
Two suburban lawmakers and the White House climate czar toured two national scientific research facilities Tuesday to promote the economic
Congressional Democrats are pointing to yesterday’s major U.N. climate change report as new justification for their legislative proposals to slash greenhouse gas emissions and enact President Biden’s climate agenda.
Republicans, on the other hand, had less to say about the report, with one member warning that “flawed policies” would only benefit China and Russia.
The Congressional Record chronicles nearly everything that happens in the House and Senate. It includes watershed moments such as Rep. Barbara Lee’s speech as the only vote against authorizing the use of force in Afghanistan and Sen.
With significantly less funding for climate programs than the White House requested in the Senate’s nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, climate advocates are pinning their hopes on a budget reconciliation bill likely to pass only if Democrats can hold disparate wings of their party together.
Robinhood’s (HOOD) stock began trading on Thursday at $38 a share, equating to a valuation of around $32 billion by market cap