Key staff members of the House Majority Leader’s Office reflected on the GOP’s legislative achievements during the 113th Congress at a luncheon discussion hosted by The Ripon Society on Thursday. More than 80 people attended the luncheon, including Chief of Read more…

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said he thinks the Republicans have a strong shot at winning control of the U.S. Senate this November during a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society on Tuesday. Regarding the GOP candidates, he called them “the Read more…

In a report requested by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on the TIGER transportation grant program, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said on Tuesday that it remains concerned about the Department of Transportation’s application evaluation guidelines. The GAO stated in the Read more…

House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) released a statement Sept. 10 that said “it’s time for Washington policies to start working with small businesses for growth, not against them.” Graves’ comments came in reply to a National Association Read more…

Gov. Rick Snyder wasn’t asked to cut the ribbon when he attended the grand opening of the new FIRST Robotics Community Center at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, on Friday.   Instead, a robot was given the honor. The robotics Read more…

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) introduced the LEAP (Leveraging and Energizing Americans’ Apprenticeship Programs) Act, a bipartisan plan that would boost the youth workforce and save on federal printing costs, in the House on Friday. The legislation is co-sponsored by Read more…

Reps. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Howard Coble (R-N.C.), Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) were among the House Judiciary Committee Republicans who sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday demanding he disclose the recommendations he has received for Read more…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must take bold and innovative action to combat more than $5 billion in fraudulent identity theft tax refunds, according to a report released on Monday that was requested by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Read more…

H.R. 4726, the Innovation in Surface Transportation Act, co-introduced by Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) in the House, gained additional support when Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced companion legislation in the Senate on Monday. The bipartisan legislation Read more…

Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) praised the U.S. Senate for passing H.R.4980, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, on Friday but urged additional action on 11 other anti-trafficking provisions that have been passed in the House of Representatives. H.R. Read more…