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.
The Army Corps of Engineers will be able to tap into hundreds of millions of dollars in additional spending for harbor maintenance projects as the result of a provision lawmakers slipped into the most recent pandemic stimulus legislation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested today that water and infrastructure concerns could be part of the next coronavirus stimulus bill.
The House this afternoon passed by voice vote a $2.2 trillion package to fight the novel coronavirus after lawmakers raced to the Capitol to beat back a threat from a lone member to slow the pandemic aid.
Despite lobbying from companies and groups, the 880-page, $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill poised to pass Congress leaves out many energy and environmental provisions once in play.
While Capitol Hill has been largely united on the $2 trillion pandemic response measure moving this week, congressional leaders are not yet in sync about what should come next.