Efforts to extended the Perkins Loan Program for another year fell flat as a bipartisan group of Senators decided not to pursue the Higher Education Extension Act of 2015 and let the federal education funding program expire on Thursday. Introduced by U.S. Read more…
The U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) awarded a long-awaited lease for a permanent Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Lake Charles, Louisiana this week, something U.S. Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) has been trying to get accomplished since 2013. “Finally, Lake Charles’ Read more…
The Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2015 (RAPID Act), U.S. Rep. Tom Marino’s (R-PA) signature piece of legislation, moved onto the Senate for consideration after passing the House by a bipartisan vote of 233-170 last week. The RAPID Act is Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (H.R. 1624), a bill Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) hailed as “common-sense reform.” H.R. 1624 “will keep the rules the same for small employers and allow their Read more…
Following deliberate and collaborative work across the aisle spearheaded by House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), President Obama signed the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 late Wednesday. The legislation specifically reauthorizes the Mandatory Price Reporting Act, the U.S. Grain Read more…
The day before the federal government said it wanted improved safety rules for U.S. pipelines carrying natural gas, the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security heard testimony on the topic at length on Tuesday. Read more…
In the wake of the introduction of the Interim Consolidated Storage Act earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) discussed the importance of the pending legislation and his concerns about the nuclear waste issue. The legislation is designed to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced legislation this week to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) claims process so that veterans’ caseworkers are better able to track where these cases are in the process and update veterans on the Read more…
Two bills introduced by U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) that aim to help U.S. businesses better compete at home and abroad have been cleared out of committee and are now headed to the full House for consideration. The House Ways Read more…
Under the newly signed Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security law, airports nationwide must install enhanced security and communication systems, in addition to taking other steps meant to eliminate various security threats. “I’m proud to announce that the president has signed into law Read more…