Category: Federal

  • Biden gains cash advantage over Trump for first time in 2020 presidential election cycle

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    Joe Biden outraised Donald Trump by $150 million according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on September 20. The Biden campaign raised $212 million in August, a percentage difference of 109% from the Trump campaign’s $62 million. Biden’s campaign spent $130 million to Trump’s $61 million. As of August 31, the…

  • Payroll tax deferral plan subject to challenge under Congressional Review Act, GAO confirms

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    On September 15, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) clarifying that a recent IRS guidance document was subject to challenge through the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The IRS guidance related to a presidential memorandum issued by President Donald Trump on…

  • Former U.S. Sen. Kassebaum (R) endorses Bollier (D) in KS race

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    Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R) endorsed Barbara Bollier (D) in the Senate race in Kansas. Kassebaum held the seat from 1978 until 1997. Pat Roberts (R), the retiring incumbent in 2020, succeeded her. Bollier, Roger Marshall (R), and Jason Buckley (L) are on the ballot. Bollier, a state senator, served in the state House…

  • All candidates in New York’s 10th Congressional District election complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey

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    All three candidates running in the election for New York’s 10th Congressional District—Incumbent Jerrold Nadler (D), Cathy Bernstein (R), and Michael Madrid (L)—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey. Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey so voters can discover what motivates them on political and personal levels. One question in the…

  • Federal Register weekly update: Total documents published in 2020 tops 20,000

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    The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s regulatory activity. From September 14 to September 18, the Federal Register grew by 2,702 pages for a year-to-date total of 59,172 pages. Over the same…

  • Nearly three in four of this year’s federal races will not be competitive, election forecasters say

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    Five hundred and twenty-one federal elections are taking place this November, including elections for president in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, elections for 35 seats in the U.S. Senate, and elections for all 435 voting seats in the U.S. House. A Ballotpedia review of election forecasts found forecasters project 137 of those…

  • Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies

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    United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, September 18, at the age of 87. Ginsburg was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton and confirmed to the court in 1993. She was the second woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court. She served on the United States Court…

  • U.S. Supreme Court releases December calendar

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    The U.S. Supreme Court has released its December argument calendar for the 2020-2021 term. The court will hear 10 hours of oral argument in 12 cases between November 30 and December 9. So far, the court has agreed to hear 31 cases during its 2020-2021 term. November 30, 2020: • Van Buren v. United States…

  • U.S. Supreme Court announces oral arguments to be conducted via teleconference for upcoming October sitting

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    On September 16, 2020, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would hear oral arguments via teleconference during its October sitting, following the same format that was used during its May sitting in the 2019-2020 term. Under this format, all relevant counsel are called the morning of the case’s argument day and are briefed…

  • U.S. Senate confirms six U.S. District Court nominees

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    The U.S. Senate confirmed six nominees to U.S. District Court judgeships. The 94 U.S. District Courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. The Senate has confirmed 214 of President Trump’s Article III judicial nominees—two Supreme Court justices, 53 appellate court judges, 157 district court judges, and two U.S. Court of…