Congressional reporter George Cahlink has nearly two decades of experience covering Capitol Hill and federal agencies. Most recently, he spent 10 years at CQ Roll Call in several editing and writing positions. He also covered the Defense Department as a staff writer for Government Executive magazine, a job that included stints as an embedded reporter in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Kosovo. He got his start in journalism at the Eagle Times and Argus Champion newspapers in New Hampshire. He has won national and regional reporting awards for his work and is a graduate of Saint Joseph's University.
A political action committee dedicated to electing more scientists is launching an effort to get former Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper to drop his presidential campaign and run for the Senate.
A coalition of moderate Democrats is backing a climate plan that could draw interest from the business community for relying on carbon pricing and other market-based approaches to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Half a year into Democratic control of the House, energy and environment issues have emerged as a main area of congressional oversight, even as much of the public attention has been consumed by questions of wrongdoing.
Legislation to fund the Energy Department and a host of water projects could be among the first spending bills to move when Congress returns in September, after the Senate approved a budget deal yesterday.
The Senate today backed a budget deal that would increase spending across federal agencies over the next two years and likely sideline contentious energy and environmental fights.