July 23, 2021 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
The White House today announced plans to expand aid for mortgage borrowers who have fallen behind on payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
Enhanced assistance will be provided to homeowners with government-backed mortgages who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic, with the aim cutting some monthly payments by roughly 25%, according to a White House fact sheet.
The move is designed to more closely align options for mortgages backed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the USDA, and the Veteransâ Affairs Department with those offered for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the White House said. Read more from Kathleen Hunter.
Nevada’s legislature voted to make mail balloting a permanent part of their elections while Texas lawmakers came within a whisker or more precisely, a quorum call of voting to eliminate some absentee ballot options that contributed to record turnout in 2020.
May 18, 2021 12:07 PM
Politicians will be able to make sure that some of the purplest congressional districts in the U.S. donât stay that way.
Bloomberg Governmentâs Greg Giroux examined district-by-district 2020 presidential election results and identified where the outcomes were the tightest.
As youâll see in his chart, nonpartisan commissions will be the primary decision-makers on revising
only three of the 10 congressional districts with the tightest top-of-the-ticket results.
For the rest, including a district in Missouri where only about 100 votes divided the major-party presidential candidates, either legislatures will handle redistricting start to finish or the lawmakers have the power to ignore whateverâs recommended by independent commissions.
April 27, 2021 12:07 PM
Now that states know whether their congressional delegations will shrink or grow, itâs time to indulge in one of Washingtonâs favorite games: Guessing who wonât risk making re-election pitches to voters accustomed to being represented by someone else.
Four House members are retiring and another four have declared their interest in another jobâincluding Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan (D), who announced a bid for the U.S. Senate ahead of the Census Bureau confirming that Ohio will lose one of its 16 districts. Ryanâs northeastern Ohio district has been trending Republican and could be dismantled.