Rep. Don Bacon
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act should be brought to the U.S. Senate floor for a vote, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) wrote in a May 13 letter sent to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. “With more details emerging about Read more…
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) on May 14 proposed a bipartisan bill that would authorize a coordinated federal engineering biology research and development initiative. “Like the technological revolution and the Industrial Revolution before it,” Sen. Gardner said, “the biological revolution Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) recently introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize and modernize the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. “High-tech fields drive our nation’s economy,” said Sen. Wicker, chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, Read more…
A bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Ken Calvert (R-CA) would designate May 2020 as ALS Awareness Month. “There are approximately 5,000 new ALS diagnoses per year in the United States, each one bringing a new Read more…
U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer (R-MN) and John Curtis (R-UT) on May 15 introduced legislation that would ensure Congress addresses the nation’s growing debt. Rep. Emmer is a cosponsor of the Deal with the Debt Today Act, H.R. 6887, with bill Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of senators last week encouraged the U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to take further action toward stabilizing the nation’s municipal bond market so state and local governments have access Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) last week sponsored legislation that would reverse guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) preventing small businesses from taking tax deductions for expenses if the spending comes from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Rep. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and fellow members of the Illinois Republican delegation want congressional leaders to prevent governors from withholding federally appropriated funds for local municipalities that allow small businesses to reopen in accordance with federal health guidelines, but Read more…
U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) commended recent action by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide relief to American taxpayers with Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (DCFSAs). The IRS announcement Read more…
Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) last week led a bipartisan contingent in requesting that President Donald Trump help settle pending litigation prior to any future federal emergency relief funds being authorized for U.S. automakers. Specifically, Rep. Turner and his colleagues sent Read more…