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Lillianna Byington

Washington, D.C., United States

Reporter for Bloomberg Government covering transportation @BGOV • 📧: [email protected] • Formerly @FoodDive, @News21, @gwhatchet, etc •

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  • GOP Populist Shift Complicated By Mixed Messages, Party Divides

    1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Mixed messages |Lillianna Byington

    When President Donald Trump announced his tariff strategy in the Rose Garden this month, he brought out a retired autoworker from Detroit to join him. “My auto worker friends and my Teamster friends and all of the unions that typically voted Democrat, they’re not voting Democrat anymore,” Trump told the crowd in early April as he proposed global tariffs.

  • Time Is of the Essence for Lobbyists on Daylight Saving Debate

    2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Lillianna Byington

    Trade wars and tax fights rage in Washington, but lawmakers and lobbyists Thursday are taking time to shed light on another sensitive issue: whether to set the clocks back and forward.

  • Senate Rejects Sanders’ Push to Block US Arms Sales to Israel

    3 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Lillianna Byington |Roxana Tiron

    The Senate rejected two resolutions on Thursday to block the sale of $8.8 billion in US arms to Israel — votes that further revealed divisions in the Democratic Party over military aid in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The chamber voted against discharging the two measures (S. J. Res. 33, S. J. Res. 26) by Sen.

  • House Republicans Target California's Air Pollution Control (1)

    3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kellie Lunney |Lillianna Byington

    Product Liability & Toxics LawEmailApril 3, 2025, 4:40 PM UTC; Updated: April 3, 2025, 6:20 PM UTCHouse Republicans introduced measures to roll back a Biden-era decision allowing California to adopt stricter emissions standards for cars and trucks. Two Congressional Review Act resolutions, announced in a press release Thursday, would nix the former administration’s approval of a waiver to California to impose stricter-than-federal regulations on car (H.J.Res. 88) and truck emissions (H.J.Res. 87).

  • Democrats Use Red State Tariff Impact to Squeeze GOP Senators

    3 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Lillianna Byington

    Major US cities in red and swing states depend the most on exports to Canada, forcing Republican senators to choose between loyalty to President Donald Trump and potential backlash back home. The Senate is set to vote on a measure from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Wednesday evening to undo Trump’s tariffs on Canada, the same day as the president plans to announce more tariffs.

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Lillianna Byington
Lillianna Byington @lil_byington
10 Apr 25

RT @skye_witley: Scoop: USDA has provided the clearest picture yet of which federal funding remains frozen and the dollars already flowing.…

Lillianna Byington
Lillianna Byington @lil_byington
10 Apr 25

RT @klunney: Trump NOAA cuts are spooking farmers, crop insurance watchers who rely on timely, accurate weather data. Check out story here…

Lillianna Byington
Lillianna Byington @lil_byington
10 Apr 25

Senate Commerce hearing now on whether Congress should 'lock the clock' National Golf Course Owners Association CEO Jay Karen: “The 'Gordian knot' for the Senate because there are winners and losers either way you go if you make one of them permanent” https://t.co/SVo0pING6f