U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) has released a discussion draft on bipartisan legislation proposing a renovation of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after 20 years with upgrades to the federal agency’s information technology, infrastructure and tax administration services. Rep. Jenkins, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) on March 20 helped lead the introduction of a bipartisan, bicameral bill aimed at reauthorizing a federal law that includes funding to reduce the nation’s rape kit testing backlogs. The Debbie Smith Crime Victims Protection Read more…
Florida Republican U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Thomas Rooney joined home-state colleague U.S. Rep. Theodore Deutch (D-FL) in proposing to increase the federal minimum age required for individuals to purchase rifles and shotguns from federally licensed firearms dealers from 18 Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) has unveiled a bipartisan proposal aimed at supporting policymakers in their efforts to improve protections for the wellbeing of the nation’s children. The Securing our Children Act of 2018, H.R. 5380, introduced by Rep. Katko Read more…
U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) is concerned about his constituents’ commute time and the scenic West Virginia experience other train travelers could miss while Amtrak redirects rail line service in his home state to conduct track work at New York Read more…
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to increase higher education financial aid for the children of public safety officers who died in the line of duty has become law as part of the nation’s larger federal funding bill. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) has proposed bipartisan legislation that would reinforce federal support for the nation’s poison control centers, which she says are at the frontlines in helping end America’s opioid crisis. “In one month alone, there were 9,039 Read more…
The $1.3 trillion omnibus government funding bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on March 23 includes an amendment by U.S. Reps. Andy Barr (R-KY) and Evan Jenkins (R-WV) to increase federal funding for the nation’s High Intensity Drug Read more…
A bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) offering certain investors more capital to help grow America’s small and medium-sized businesses has become law as part of the $1.3 trillion omnibus government funding bill signed by the president on Read more…
A just-released bill from U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) would establish a new online portal at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allowing American businesses to electronically submit Form 1099, a proposal that could curb tax fraud and provide tax administrators Read more…