U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) on April 10 proposed a bipartisan bill that would establish a team of investigators with subpoena power responsible for preventing anticompetitive practices among large players in the meat and poultry industries. “Anticompetitive practices in the Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced on April 10 by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) would support and stabilize the nation’s existing nursing workforce and establish programs to increase their numbers across the United States. Sen. Tillis cosponsored the National Nursing Workforce Center Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is sponsoring a bipartisan bill that would establish presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with military firefighting to ensure veteran firefighters receive fair compensation, healthcare, and retirement benefits. “Creating the presumption that those who Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) recently offered a bill that would expand the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which covers energy-saving measures for low-income participants including home weatherization, window replacement, air leak sealing, and ventilation improvements, among others. “The Weatherization Read more…
Sen. Joni Ernst
A bipartisan bill recently cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) would increase criminal penalties for federal crimes committed under U.S. jurisdiction by foreign governments. “We cannot allow foreign adversaries, like Iran, to fund crimes against Americans on our own Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), along with his fellow co-chair of the Planetary Science Caucus, are “extremely alarmed” by reports of a preliminary White House budget that proposes cutting NASA Science funding by almost half and terminating dozens of programs Read more…
A bipartisan bill recently cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins would ensure that during winters with a snow drought, small businesses would be eligible to receive federal disaster relief through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Injury Disaster Loans program. “Snow Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is leading proposed legislation that would prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations. “Whether creating zombie cats in Russia, supporting risky research in Wuhan, or funding Read more…
Chinese entities that provide material support to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine would be sanctioned under a bipartisan bill sponsored on Monday by U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI). The NO LIMITS Act of 2025, H.R. 2914, which is cosponsored by Read more…
To help provide middle-income Americans with some tax relief, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) on April 14 sponsored legislation that would modernize the federal tax code by aligning and lowering capital gains tax bracket thresholds with current income tax brackets. Read more…