The American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.), was approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday, giving the Senate a second chance to vote on it. House Republicans say Read more…

Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) were among 44 Republican U.S. Senators urging President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline in a letter sent Friday. The Read more…

The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, which includes a number of proposals introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), was passed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday night. The bipartisan child welfare legislation aims at reducing child sex trafficking, Read more…

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)  demanded answers regarding reports that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is forcing Americans to declare their race and ethnicity when purchasing a firearm in a letter sent to the Obama administration Read more…

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution co-authored by Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) condemning the rising tide of anti-Semitism abroad and in the U.S. on Friday. Also authored by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Read more…

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) introduced a bill on Wednesday to rename the Mainside post office on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in California to the Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office. With the bipartisan support of 50 members Read more…

Reps. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) introduced the Freedom From Intrusive Regulatory Enforcement of Arbitrary Registration Mandates (FIREARM) Act on Thursday. The legislation would prohibit the federal government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection Read more…

The bipartisan Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act, introduced by Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Provisions under Reed’s bill would strengthen access to quality hospice care and Read more…

Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) recognized the anniversary of George Washington laying the cornerstone to the U.S. Capitol Building on Thursday. “On this day in 1793, President George Washington crossed the Potomac River where he was met by brass bands, an Read more…

Co-sponsored by Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2014, which directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct an audit of the U.S. Federal Reserve, was overwhelmingly passed by the House on Wednesday.  “As the central banking Read more…