Exiting U.S. Trade Rep Urges Trump to Uphold Trans-Pacific Trade Deal January 11, 2017 By David Lawder President Barack Obama’s departing chief trade negotiator warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that it risked abdicating U.S. leadership in...
House Advances Export Import Bank Bill October 27, 2015 By David Lawder The dormant U.S. Export-Import bank moved a step closer to revival on Monday as Republicans and Democrats approved a rarely...
Congress Leaves Export-Import Bank Facing Lending, Insurance Lapse June 29, 2015 By David Lawder The U.S. Export-Import Bank faced an imminent shutdown of its new lending and insurance activities as lawmakers left Washington on...
Affordable Care Act Cost Estimate Drops Due to Lower Subsidies, Enrollment March 10, 2015 By David Lawder U.S. Congressional forecasters on Monday once again cut their estimate of Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage costs, citing unexpectedly...
Small Businesses Lobby for Export-Import Bank June 27, 2014 By Howard Schneider and David Lawder If the battle over the U.S. Export-Import Bank is Washington’s latest political tempest, then Don Nelson from Bakersfield, California is...
Senate Passes $50 Billion Sandy Aid Package; Bill Goes to Obama January 28, 2013 By David Lawder A long-delayed $50.5 billion aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy cleared the Senate on Monday, three months after the...
House Sends $50.5 Billion Sandy Disaster Aid Bill to Senate January 15, 2013 By David Lawder The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but...
House Republicans Look to Split $60B Sandy Aid Bill in Half January 1, 2013 By David Lawder The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to split a $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy disaster aid bill into two parts,...
Senate Republicans Move to Cut Sandy Aid to $24 Billion December 20, 2012 By David Lawder U.S. Senate Republicans sought to slash a $60.4 billion aid bill to cover reconstruction after Superstorm Sandy, proposing on Wednesday...
Senate Begins Debating $60 Billion Sandy Relief Bill December 19, 2012 By David Lawder The U.S. Senate on Monday began debating a $60.4 billion aid bill to rebuild communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy amid...