U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) continued his support of farmers, ranchers and other small businesses  last week when he co-sponsored the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015, legislation that would permanently repeal the federal estate tax. The bill, originally introduced Read more…

U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) praised the House on Thursday for passing his bill, the Medicare Competitive Bidding Act as part of the larger Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, on a 392-37 vote. Tiberi and co-sponsor John Larson (D-CT) Read more…

U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) recently joined a rally of support to help local governments in rural communities keep their health, education and emergency programs functioning. Duffy was among 100 members of Congress who sent a letter to House Speaker Read more…

Rep. Charles W. Boustany Jr. (R-LA) joined a group of lawmakers who this week sent the House Appropriations Committee a letter stressing the need for an H-2B visa program for U.S. industries, including Louisiana’s Gulf seafood businesses.  The U.S. Department of Read more…

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) recently introduced legislation that would increase the permit cycle of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). If passed, the legislation will lengthen the NPDES from five years to 20. Graves said the bill will Read more…

U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) praised the House’s Financial Services Committee on Thursday for passing 11 regulatory relief bills that will help community-based financial institutions.   “Since the passage of Dodd-Frank, the American economy has been hit with hundreds of Read more…

With the Senate considering the new Budget Resolution, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) presented several amendments related to health care, taxes and national security on Wednesday.  “The federal budget needs to be cut in real terms, not just reductions in the Read more…

U.S. Reps. Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Scott Garrett (R-NJ) recently sent a letter to Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcomittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, to request that the subcommittee withhold Read more…

U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) responded on Wednesday to an inspector general’s (IG) report from an investigation into the Philadelphia Department of Veterans’ Affairs Regional Office. “The draft IG report is a stunning rebuke of the VA’s leadership, both in Read more…

U.S. Sens. Clair McCaskill (D-MO) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) have partnered on a bicameral bill to protect power generators from environmental statues while improving the reliability of the power grid overall. Reps. Gene Green (D-TX), Peter Olson (R-TX) and Mike Read more…