Congress

Committees in the U.S. House and Senate recently discussed abandoned mine policies, with some lawmakers calling for faster rollouts of federal money for cleanups.

The Senate on Wednesday, March 29 approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s expanded protections for waterways. President Joe Biden has said he will likely veto the measure, which also passed the House in mid-March.

A new house subcommittee is investigating what they call the weaponization of the federal government and speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy and other republicans insist on comparing their subcommittee to the "Church Committee," the highly regarded bipartisan inquiry of the 1970s.

Some Congressional Republicans are calling the newly-established Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government the modern-day "Church Committee," a reference to the historic 1975 committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church that investigated intelligence abuses. But those familiar with Church's work say the nickname is misappropriated.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Washington to meet with President Biden and Congress on Wednesday. The trip comes as lawmakers are debating billions more in aid for Ukraine.

Ten new locations across the U.S. may be getting a long-distance road, gravel, or mountain biking trail thanks to proposed federal legislation. A bipartisan bill that would create the trails recently passed the House of Representatives and is headed to the Senate. It’s called the Biking on Long-Distance Trails, or BOLT, Act.

As Congress inches forward a $1 trillion-plus national infrastructure deal – after winning some bipartisan support – a generous slice of the enormous pie could go to Amtrak. That's giving some hope that the long-abandoned Pioneer Route might again roll through southern Idaho.

This interview originally aired on Aug. 20, 2020.In the middle of election season, it’s interesting to think about all the factors that affect a…

As we head into election season, it’s interesting to think about all the factors that affect a candidate’s electability. Yes, the presidential election is…

Last year, it looked like Idaho could have been in line for a third congressional representative and another vote in the Electoral College. But new…