U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on April 16 sponsored a bipartisan resolution that would establish a bipartisan, bicameral National Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform tasked with reducing the federal deficit over a 10-year period by $3.25 trillion. “Enacting this Read more…
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on April 15 proposed a bipartisan bill to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System (SOC), a federal statistical standard used by federal agencies to classify workers Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on April 15 introduced the Veterans Agent Orange Exposure Equity Act, which would expand the presumption of exposure to the toxic Agent Orange herbicide for U.S. military veterans who served during the Vietnam War and Read more…
Some of the nation’s most important federal programs are financed through dedicated revenue sources and managed through trust funds, several of which the Congressional Budget Office says are headed toward insolvency that’s been made worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on April 15 introduced legislation that would authorize $8 billion to fund the expansion of national service positions during a COVID-19 pandemic recovery period that would last through fiscal year 2024 to meet the scale Read more…
With the National Low Income Housing Coalition reporting that the United States has a shortage of seven million affordable homes, a bipartisan bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) aims to spur the construction of low- and middle-income Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) on April 14 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that aims to reduce medical complications for Alzheimer’s patients by creating a new way to fund dementia care through Medicare. Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on April 14 approved the bipartisan John Lewis National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021, which U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sponsored in his chamber. “Passing this Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) on April 13 sponsored bipartisan legislation that would establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “I’m proud to lead this bipartisan, bicameral effort,” Rep. Wenstrup said Read more…
Bipartisan legislation offered by U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) aims to attract, develop and retain highly skilled cybersecurity professionals in America’s federal workforce. “This is all about ensuring the federal government has the professionals needed to meet our nation’s cybersecurity Read more…