U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) wants to expand tax-free 529 savings plans beyond covering educational costs for post-secondary education or public, private or religious K-12 expenses. The 529 Expansion and Modernization Act, S. 3228, which Sen. Gardner introduced on July Read more…
The U.S. Senate on July 18 approved a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) to support low-income, aspiring entrepreneurs in starting and growing businesses. The Microloan Modernization Act of 2018, S. 526, which Sen. Fischer introduced in Read more…
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, has unveiled a bill to update the Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “CDM is Read more…
U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) is part of a bipartisan, bicameral push on Capitol Hill to bring workplace harassment out of the closet. “This bill will help stop the culture of silence in cases of sexual harassment and bring more Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) is championing congressional efforts pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen federal drinking water safeguards against major contaminants. The bipartisan call led by Rep. Upton follows release of an Agency for Toxic Substances Read more…
U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint present a looming financial disaster for local newspapers, book publishers and commercial printers across America, testified U.S. Reps. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) during a July 17 Read more…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, maintained legislative momentum this week during a committee hearing on expanding broadband access to rural communities in his home state of Oregon and across the nation. Read more…
As reauthorization work on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) continues, U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) filed a short-term extension bill that would keep the program running through the 2018 hurricane season. Read more…
Newly hired American military veterans working medical positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), known as Title 38 employees under federal law, would be able to take paid sick leave under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) has introduced the bipartisan Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPA) of 2018 to reauthorize the nation’s main law ensuring Americans are prepared to respond to public health emergencies resulting from chemical, Read more…