Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) recently partnered with a bipartisan group of legislators to draft legislation that would pushback on proposed FDA regulations on reusing spent grains from the brewing process. Under a rule proposed by the FDA in October 2013, Read more…

Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) raised concerns about the IRS’s fiscal year 2015 budget request on Monday and called on the agency to undertake leaner, more accountable budgeting. Crenshaw, the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Read more…

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) joined a group of senators on Monday who called for senate appropriators to allow states to control their own education standards and curriculum and avoid federal interference. “The federal government should not be using enticements, grants Read more…

Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) released their 2015 fiscal year budget on Monday. The budget proposal, called “Back to Basics,” would balance the federal budget Read more…

Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) introduced legislation on Monday that would reauthorize and improve the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and protect customers from market failures. Lucas, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, introduced the bipartisan legislation after a multi-year process Read more…

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said that Republicans cannot allow themselves to be defined as stubborn or out of touch on April 4 during a Ripon Society event. “Tone matters,” Rodgers said. “We need to be Read more…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced plans to reduce previously proposed cuts to the Medicare Advantage program. The Obama administration announced a proposal in February to cut $300 billion from the Medicare Advantage program, which combines public Read more…

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) co-sponsored legislation on Thursday that would restore the 40-hour standard for full-time employment and exempt small businesses from the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate. Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) introduced the Small Business Fairness in Health Care Read more…

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) joined a group of legislators who announced plans on Thursday to introduce legislation that would strengthen economic sanctions against Hezbollah. The bipartisan Hezbollah International Financial Prevention Act would impose new sanctions Read more…

Ohio Gov. John Kasich recently called on U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to grant Ohio a waiver from the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program to make way for a pilot project. Kasich and Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) both requested the waiver Read more…