House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Employee Health Care Protection Act on Nov. 18, which would allow insurance companies to continue offering group health plans that are currently available. Cassidy called on the president Read more…
Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) introduced the bipartisan Wage Grade Employee Parity Act on Thursday to ensure that federal employees receive a proportionate cost of living wage adjustment. President Barack Obama recently provided a 1 percent cost Read more…
Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) introduced a bill on Thursday that would restore a tax credit and deduction for political donations up to $200 and $600 to prompt smaller donors to play a bigger role in federal campaigns. “Campaigns are becoming Read more…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined a bipartisan group of legislators in introducing the Military Whistleblower Protection Act on Thursday, which would extend whistleblower protection to military victims of crime and misconduct. The measure would also extend the period to file Read more…
Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) joined a bipartisan group of legislators on Wednesday to call on President Barack Obama to extend the federal buildings energy efficiency initiative for five years. Obama launched a two-year effort to realize $2 billion in energy Read more…
Congressional Textile Caucus Co-Chairman Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) joined 23 fellow lawmakers in introducing a measure that would enhance trade enforcement tools that protect textile and apparel jobs in the United States. The Textile Enforcement and Security Act would provide Read more…
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced a bipartisan resolution on Wednesday that would make preventing and treating Alzheimer’s disease before 2025 an “urgent national priority.” The resolution calls on Congress to double the amount of funding allocated Read more…
Committee on House Administration Chairwoman Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) expressed optimism about an increase in voting among among military personnel who were deployed oversees in 2012 during a hearing on Wednesday. The number of deployed troops who voted increased from Read more…
The Ripon Society recently hosted a breakfast discussion on education reform with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.). The legislators addressed Read more…
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) recently introduced a number of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. “Our men and women in uniform and their families make tremendous sacrifices to protect our freedoms,” Blunt said. “I hope Read more…