For the first time, the United States House of Representatives has voted to oppose a carbon tax. The House voted 237-176 on Friday to pass an anti-carbon tax amendment authored by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) “President Read more…

A newly-introduced piece of bipartisan legislation would take one of the nation’s key trade preference programs and extend it for two years to offer support to United States manufacturers. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Read more…

A Republican congressman from Arkansas announced on Tuesday that he will challenge Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) during his third-term reelection campaign, officially setting the stage for what political observers say will be a close race. Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) made Read more…

Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) wrote a column recently expressing his full support for the United States’ effort to help friendly nations in Europe find energy sources that reduce their reliance on oil from unfriendly or unstable countries. Turner said that Read more…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently approved the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, which would offer a permanent fix to the Medicare payment model used to reimburse doctors. The committee voted 51-0 to approve the bill that Read more…

Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) recently introduced the Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2013 to reduce the severity of gas price spikes and allow local markets more flexibility to use boutique fuels during a supply disruption. The legislation would also Read more…

The House voted on Aug. 1 to pass the Energy Consumers Relief Act, which would create checks and balances on the EPA and reduce or eliminate regulations that threaten to increase energy prices and put some job creators out of Read more…

The House recently passed its 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a measure to significantly overhaul the budget authority of federal chief information officers. The amendment was initially its own bill, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, and Read more…

Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, is taking a proactive approach to rescue the Highway Trust Fund from insolvency in the future. At a recent subcommittee hearing, Petri said 2008 marked the Read more…

The House Judiciary Committee recently approved four regulatory reform bills first considered by a subcommittee chaired by Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.). Bachus advocated the legislation as a way to force the federal regulatory system to be more accountable, which in Read more…