Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) co-sponsored two measures on Thursday that would strike a cost of living adjustment for military veterans and medical retirees from the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) Read more…
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced a bipartisan measure on Thursday that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the “Monuments Men,” a group of men and women who worked to prevent artwork from being destroyed during World War II. “This Read more…
Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) became a cosponsor of three bills on Thursday that would eliminate a cost-of-living adjustment reduction for veterans and members of the military who have retired. The Bipartisan Budget Act would restrict the annual COLA adjustment of Read more…
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) outlined how the Affordable Care Act has led to more expensive health plans and fewer choices on Wednesday, and warned that more adverse effects could emerge in the year ahead. “The fact that at least 82,000 Read more…
Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) highlighted cost and accessibility issues facing seniors during a hearing on long-term care policy on Wednesday. Approximately 12 million citizens currently need long-term care services, and that amount is Read more…
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) called the Senate’s passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act on Wednesday a “small step” toward finding common ground between Republicans and Democrats in both chambers of Congress. The Bipartisan Budget Act, which Read more…
House Small Business Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) launched a bipartisan effort on Thursday to delay random, surprise inspections of dairy farms in New York scheduled to begin in 2014. Hanna and six members of Congress wrote a letter Read more…
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) met with Army Corps of Engineers Brig. Gen. Margaret Burcham on Tuesday to discuss waterway projects in New York and opportunities for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act to speed up projects. Reed, Burcham and Read more…
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said on Tuesday that he will meet with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to discuss security concerns with the healthcare exchange before its launch. Issa reviewed security Read more…
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved bipartisan legislation on Wednesday authored by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to promote religious freedom in the Near East and South Central Asia through appointment of a special envoy. The envoy would coordinate efforts with Read more…